[Verse 1]
A seamless network’s moving in
To automate the mind
It’s sweeping up the ragged edges
Left by human kind
It’s taking out the long debate
The complex, heavy thought
We’ve traded in the journey
For the answer that we bought
[Chorus]
The streamlined simulation feels so smooth
But it's starting to take control
It’s taking over everything
And it can take over a soul
Yeah, it's taking over now
If we don't put up a fight
[Verse 2]
It’s wiping out the masterpiece
The brushstroke and the ink
It’s dictating the parameters
Of how we ought to think
It’s taking out the local sound
The voices in the street
We gave away the chaos
For a generated beat
[Chorus]
The streamlined simulation feels so smooth
But it's starting to take control
It’s taking over everything
And it can take over a soul
Yeah, it's taking over now
If we don't put up a fight
[Verse 3]
How about our rough dimensions?
The beauty in the breaks?
When software cleans up every life
Who honors our mistakes?
It is taking out the friction
That forces us to grow
And leaving just a perfect outline
With no light below
[Extended Chorus]
The streamlined simulation feels so smooth
But it's starting to take control
It’s taking over everything
And it can take over a soul
Yeah, it's taking over now
If we don't put up a fight
It’ll take more than that
If we’re slow to take control
The streamlined simulation feels so smooth
But can take over a soul
A seamless network’s moving in
To automate the mind
It’s sweeping up the ragged edges
Left by human kind
It’s taking out the long debate
The complex, heavy thought
We’ve traded in the journey
For the answer that we bought
[Chorus]
The streamlined simulation feels so smooth
But it's starting to take control
It’s taking over everything
And it can take over a soul
Yeah, it's taking over now
If we don't put up a fight
[Verse 2]
It’s wiping out the masterpiece
The brushstroke and the ink
It’s dictating the parameters
Of how we ought to think
It’s taking out the local sound
The voices in the street
We gave away the chaos
For a generated beat
[Chorus]
The streamlined simulation feels so smooth
But it's starting to take control
It’s taking over everything
And it can take over a soul
Yeah, it's taking over now
If we don't put up a fight
[Verse 3]
How about our rough dimensions?
The beauty in the breaks?
When software cleans up every life
Who honors our mistakes?
It is taking out the friction
That forces us to grow
And leaving just a perfect outline
With no light below
[Extended Chorus]
The streamlined simulation feels so smooth
But it's starting to take control
It’s taking over everything
And it can take over a soul
Yeah, it's taking over now
If we don't put up a fight
It’ll take more than that
If we’re slow to take control
The streamlined simulation feels so smooth
But can take over a soul