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lyrics

My inner peace is filled with grease
Is built with precisions skills and caffeine pills
But apparently my circuits wouldn’t interface with her bits
Neither would my free will

She’d activate the sensors in my skin
When she’d kiss my synthetic chin

Even though she’s breaking my heart
I’m okay because I’ve got spare parts
And it’s good to see her smiling again

At first it seemed to work
We’d flirt and keep the conversation casual
But soon enough her logic center started failing and unlike me
She did not come with a manual

Despite the fastest hardware this machine
Could not keep up with her mood swings

Even though she’s breaking my heart
I’m okay because I’ve got spare parts
And it’s good to hear her laughing again

She turned me on, told me what my name is
And brought me home
At least the place she called my home
But now she says I gotta go

She’d activate the sensors in my skin
When she’d slap my synthetic grin

Even though she’s breaking my heart
I’m okay because I’ve got spare parts

And it’s good to see her smiling
And it’s good to hear her laughing
Maybe she will be someday happy again

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from Let the Machines, released January 7, 2023
vocal harmonies by Ryan Farley

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Singer / songwriter / recorder in Missoula, MT.

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