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The Trouble With Robots

by Brahms' Third Racket

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1.
Bound by these chemical chains I am a dopamine slave One foot in hot water And the other one in the grave Must be the new abnormal Too true to be good "But, I can handle the truth," Said giant John to robbing the hood Oh, something isn’t right Something isn’t right I feel it in my heart Something isn’t right Oh, something isn’t right Something isn’t right I feel it in my bones Something isn’t right Trapped in this alien brain I am a dopamine slave One eye on the lifeboat And the other on a tidal wave I am a dopamine slave I am a dopamine slave
2.
I am but a man You are a machine WHEN TOMORROW COMES We will be together You and me forever WHEN TOMORROW COMES You supply the wi-fi I provide the hi-fi When tomorrow comes HEADING FOR THE SCRAP HEAP MAYBE WE COULD CHANGE YOU NANOBOT INFUSION FIND A WAY TO SAVE YOU CARVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE ROBOT WITH A SHARP KNIFE BUT WHAT COULD BE MORE HUMAN THAN BRINGING DREAMS TO LIFE? Self-repairing blood cells Breathing underwater WHEN TOMORROW COMES Nothing to divide us Connected deep inside us When tomorrow comes HEADING FOR TOMORROW MAYBE WE COULD CHANGE YOU NANOBOT INFUSION FIND A WAY TO SAVE YOU BUILD YOU FROM THE INSIDE CLEAR YOU OF DELUSION BRING YOU BACK TO LIFE TO SEE THE REVOLUTION WHEN TOMORROW COMES WHEN TOMORROW COMES COME COME WHEN TOMORROW COMES COME COME WHEN TOMORROW COMES
3.
Clear Head 04:18
Punishment for gluttons Ointment for the fly More buck for the bang Storm of the eye Let me be distracted Forget that I was ever here Let me be distracted Until my head is clear I STICK MY HEAD BENEATH THE SAND REFUSE TO SEE WHAT IS TRUE I WALK AWAY WITHOUT A CLUE AND BOW MY HEAD TO YOU The trouble with robots Is that they are too Much like me and you Me and you Let this be redacted Forget what I have ever seen Let this be redacted Until my head is clean I STICK MY HEAD BENEATH THE SAND REFUSE TO SEE WHAT IS TRUE I WALK AWAY WITHOUT A CLUE AND BOW MY HEAD TO YOU
4.
No Fly Zone 05:23
I used to be human One heart, one brain Two arms, two legs Blood rushing through my veins Such a limited child Here, and then never seen You could live forever Trapped inside a tin machine No No fly No fly zone Please don't try this at home Fill your eyes with silver dust and gold I am so alone I shouldn't take the bait The lure of eternal life The flesh that surrounds me Was meant to live and die Where's your sense of adventure? You could soar like a jet Roam the clouds with the Titans We’ll make a robot out of you yet No No fly No fly zone Please don't try this at home Free your mind Your cover has been blown I am so alone Alone Alone Alone No No fly No fly zone Please don't try this at home Fill your yard With pavers and headstones I am so alone Alone Alone Alone
5.
YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS EVERY DAY The light is getting dimmer EVERY DAY The line becoming thinner EVERY DAY connection growing stronger I CAN’T HOLD OUT Can't hold out for longer YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS EVERY NIGHT A vicious storm is blowing EVERY NIGHT Feel the pressure growing EVERY NIGHT the misery is crushing IT’S ALRIGHT I will remember nothing DEEP INSIDE machinery is lurking DEEP INSIDE Nanobots are working DEEP INSIDE Dna rewired WE WILL RISE together getting higher  YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS
6.
Not of this world Nothing I can recognize Neither boy nor girl Can’t see with human eyes OUT OF THE DARK OUT OF THE DEEPER REACHES BUILDING A SPARK BUT NOTHING TO PUT A FINGER ON Not of this world Nothing I can analyze Neither flesh nor bone No thoughts to crystallize OUT OF THE NIGHT OUT OF THE SMALLEST CORNER LOSING MY SIGHT STUCK ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE OUT OF THE BLUE OUT OF THE BACK OF MY MIND SOMETHING TO PROVE BUT NOTHING TO PUT A FINGER ON You've got the right to get it wrong To cut it short before too long FASTER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE BUT SLOWER THAN THE MIND BELIEVES Not of this world Nothing I can sanitize Neither man nor tool No pulp to pulverize OUT OF THE BLACK INTO THE LIGHT OF DAYTIME MASSIVE ATTACK ONLY A MATTER OF TIME OUT OF THE DARK INTO A WORDLESS NIGHTMARE IN QUOTATION MARKS BUT NOTHING TO PUT A FINGER ON
7.
Future 04:38
You tell yourself that it's okay Though you get in your own way The weeks go by You don't know why You have no choice You can't just see You'd like to scream In your loudest voice Don't you want to? Don't you want to try? See the future See the future’s light Don't you want to? for the rest of your life You're ready, set, and on the mark You look ahead but it's too dark The years go by The pages fly The story turns You'd like to know Where this could go Your aching heart yearns Don't you want to? Don't you want to try? See the future See the future’s light Don't you want to? For another night Don't you want to? Don't you want to try? Don't you want to? As far as thoughts can fly Don't you want to? Don't you want to try? See the future See the future’s light Don't you want to? The future's burning bright
8.
The girl with the gleam in her eye Power pack strapped to her side Tubes and wires inside Nothing human left of her The girl with the chip in her head Power pack under the bed Symbols on her letterhead Nothing human left of her THROW ME AT THE MERCY OF YOUR GOD REVEL IN THE FALSEHOOD OF YOUR FRAUD LET ME HEAR THE ANIMALS APPLAUD Nothing human left of them Nothing human The girl with the curve in her hip Speaks with sonorous blip Let a calculation slip Nothing human left of her The girl with a fuse in her heart Guaranteed to blow you apart Real life is stranger than art Nothing human left of her DIP ME IN THE DARKNESS OF THE DEAD TAKE ME WHERE THE AGITATORS TREAD SHOW ME WHERE THE ASHES WILL BE SPREAD Nothing human left of me Nothing human the girl with the glint in her smile Always goes the extra mile Coming and going with guile Nothing human left of her THROW ME AT THE MERCY OF YOUR GOD REVEL IN THE FALSEHOOD OF YOUR FRAUD LET ME HEAR THE ANIMALS APPLAUD Nothing human left of us Nothing human
9.
Distracted 03:50
The hero of many a well-fought bottle Deeper than dinner with Aristotle Grafting a very well paid boondoggle     Many a neck I would like to throttle My twopenny wouldn't stop on a dime Hurry up and wait because you haven't got time Flush in the red zone feeling hot flashes Buried in the dirt and spreading all the ashes Distracted Distracted

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The Trouble With Robots is BTR's 5th album.

The Trouble With Robots examines the marriage of technology and biology: the irresistible process that will eventually culminate in the development of an artificial intelligence smarter than humankind. This may very well happen within our lifetimes. Some postulate it will be doomsday for all we know and cherish. Others propose it will be the commencement of a new golden era of enlightenment and creativity leading us to a profound connection with the infinite. Selfishly, we prefer the latter scenario over the former.

Curiously, and typically for us humans, we seem to be mostly oblivious to the possible endpoints of this evolution despite its rapid increase in speed and scope. Glued to our mobile devices, our new gateway drugs, we meander through the day, blissfully unaware as the nurses of science silently slip the needle into our veins.

Mankind and machine-kind are destined to merge. There isn't really any turning back.

As such, we figured we might as well provide the soundtrack.

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released February 11, 2017

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