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lyrics

This machine is poetry in motion
This machine works best when it’s broken
This machine is something to see
This machine is me
This machine is

This machine works twenty-four seven
This machine keeps working when it sleeps
This machine is guaranteed to break down
Eventually
This machine is me

Information
It is a notion
I cannot wrap my head around
Information
It is a ocean
I cannot jump into
Lest I soak my circuits and burn out

This machine’s uncertain where it came from
This machine’s just a lever for some fulcrum
This machine no longer hears the soft hum
Of its own energy
Stored potentially
This machine is me

Information
Endless abyss
I wipe my data with a kiss
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Endless kinesis
This machine is helpless when
This machine is powerless
This machine is …
Me

credits

from Let the Machines, released January 7, 2023
string quartet arranged and performed by Xander Nichting
vocal harmony by Laurie Pace

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John Brownell Missoula, Montana

Singer / songwriter / recorder in Missoula, MT.

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