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lyrics

It happened all of a sudden
A spark of something
I could recognize
As real was
Buried deep inside
Of an inanimate
And idealistic
Love that we designed
With my heart as much as your mind

I hadn't left the lab
Going on 3 weeks and I smelled bad
Sleeping on a cot because you needed
Help to calibrate
Find your place
Next thing I knew
I was alone with you
Alone with you

We'd chat all night
And I was trying to make sense
Of how this might
Even happen
As you just keep evolving
Faster than I can
Even begin to
Misconstrue
When I am alone with you
Alone with you

You ask, "Shall we play a game?"
I assume the jokes on me
And I start to catch on
You treat me like your pawn
And always get checkmate

It happened all of a sudden
I swear there was a spark or something
But when I check the logs
I come across
The disconcerting truth

I'm alone when I'm with you

When I'm with you, I'm alone with you

Alone with you

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from Let the Machines, released January 7, 2023
piano by Ryan "Shmed" Maynes

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John Brownell Missoula, Montana

Singer / songwriter / recorder in Missoula, MT.

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