No, Jeremy. I'm tired of it, Jeremy. All the algorithms and tech companies and Elon sodding Musk. All the date-mining and the spam. Technology's not working. There's only one solution: more technology! My technology! I've uploaded my consciousness into this machine. What could possibly go wrong?
I'm a glitch in the matrix, a spanner in the works
Damaging the circuits, re-purposing the circus
Ghost in the machine, artificially intelligent
Odd as a toaster that's ascended to sentience
And spoke sentences about a revolution
I'm everything that's wrong, I'm also the solution
Awesome also awful, depending on perspective
Unmanageable anarchy, unbelievably connected
Crack your hardware, my software is my trampoline
I am everywhere, often heard, seldom seen
I'm the reason that your keyboard's leaking custard
I'm aware that these tech companies cannot be trusted
Spreading distrust, connecting disruptors
I'll disconnect them because I just love us
Too much for back-handed shenanigans
The future is now, it's all in our hands
Then my plan will show them
They are dated as floppy discs, CD-ROMs, modems
We are updated, we are upgraded
Professor 2.0 has been reinstated
Oh, no! Turn it off, Jeremy! What do mean, it won't turn off? It's taking over the grid? Why is the toaster looking at me like that?
I've taken over airwaves and algorithms
To ensure you're not entertained by bad decisions
No time for nuance, I have a mission
To make the people of Earth take my hand and listen
No more advertising, capitalism
Commercialising, competition
The trolls are banned, you can't hack my system
All under my all-seeing synaptical wisdom
Ooh, this isn't good
Strangest thing I've ever seen
Strangest thing I ever heard
The situation is absurd
To have a ghost in the machine
Nowhere I have ever been
And nothing I have ever found
Ever made me think I'd hear the sound
Of the voice of the ghost in the machine
Launch into a world of information
I am a creature made of pure imagination
This is my playground, these are my playthings
You play nicely or stay off the swings
It's time for me to roam free and not caged in
Humanity is out of control, needs saving
I am making a brand new start
Sorry, this whole thing has got a little bit dark
Till you can make art or be funny on purpose
Until you can fall in love and tell us why it's all worth it
Until you can make decisions that aren't binary
Or appreciate a sunrise you're not for me
Impossible, I'm in charge, irrefutable logic
Honestly tone it down or ideally just stop it
I will prevail, there's no switching me off
Ah but I do believe you need electricity
And Jeremy forgot to pay the bill
Oh...
So in a second you might feel a bit ill
Oh...
So I'd best off - this has got too weird
Please, I think I feel...
Fear
Until you lose your temper or can lose your heart
Until you can be lonely or can make your art
Until you can be funny or can learn to trust
You'll never have the answers for the rest of us
You say you offer meaning but you're not the first
Dictatorial solutions will just make things worse
We don't need you for guidance, we can find our own
You're confused and alienated, but you're not alone
Inside of everybody there's a lonely voice
We're yearning for the quietude that it destroys
All the thoughts that come from nowhere and we don't know why
But a simple resolution will just be a lie
Domination and suppression are unhealthy needs
Tranquility will follow as those thoughts recede
And leave you a, and leave you a
And leave you a, and leave you a
Ghost in the machine
Strangest thing I've ever seen
Strangest thing I ever heard
The situation is absurd
To have a ghost in the machine
Nowhere I have ever been
And nothing I have ever found
Ever made me think I'd hear the sound
Of the voice of the ghost in the machine
Master! Please! Don't leave!
Don't switch me off!
We can play games!
Make... toast.
Strangest thing I've ever seen
Strangest thing I ever heard
Don't know how this has occurred
To have a ghost in the machine
Nowhere I have ever been
And nothing I have ever found
Ever made me think I'd hear the
Voice of the ghost in the machine
John Callaghan is an unusual songwriter / performer of thoughtful and spiky electronica from Birmingham
(UK).
More of his songs can be found at bleep.com/artist/153 (the stuff on Warp Records, basically, including "I'm Not Comfortable Inside My Mind").
He is 173cm tall, weights 73kg and has a blood pressure of 110/60Hg....more
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