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(No we can't)
See the ruins of the old world below
That's what our ancestors left us.
Our robot masters will know
How to clean this mess up
And build a better world
For man and machine alike
For the boys and the girls
Who are slaves building spaceships at night
In the fluorescent light.
That's 2009.
(No we can't, No we won't, No we can't, No we won't)
On cold frosty Martian mornings
The chill on my breath is red
Redder than my mother's blood
When she turned to me and said
"This is not how we planned it
But we've gotten ahead of ourselves
Computers rule the planet
And the moon and mars as well
We lost the fight"
That's 2009.
I have a microchip
Implanted in my heart
So if I try to escape
The robots will blow me apart
And my limbs will go flying
And land before the ones that I love
Who would wail and would weep
But the robots would keep them at bay
While I shut my eyes
For the very last time.
Citizens of tomorrow be forewarned.
That's what our ancestors left us.
Our robot masters will know
How to clean this mess up
And build a better world
For man and machine alike
For the boys and the girls
Who are slaves building spaceships at night
In the fluorescent light.
That's 2009.
The chill on my breath is red
Redder than my mother's blood
When she turned to me and said
"This is not how we planned it
But we've gotten ahead of ourselves
Computers rule the planet
And the moon and mars as well
We lost the fight"
That's 2009.
Implanted in my heart
So if I try to escape
The robots will blow me apart
And my limbs will go flying
And land before the ones that I love
Who would wail and would weep
But the robots would keep them at bay
While I shut my eyes
For the very last time.
Citizens of tomorrow be forewarned.
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Submitted by
lvr On May 27, 2006
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"read it on my mother's blog"
haha guys. good call on 2009. see you in three years.
love, interpolnyc.
a couple mistakes in the lyrics. she turned to me and said "this is not how we planned it, WE'VE GOTTEN AHEAD OF OURSELVES, COMPUTERS RULE THE PLANET " and also... I HAVE A MICRO-CHIP implanted in my heart, so if I try to escape, robots will blow me apart...while I SHUT my eyes for the very last time.
I love this song so much.
Thanks Jacccck.
I graduate in 2009... anyway I heard this song on XM's Ethel and discovered Tokyo Police Club... I still haven't stopped listening to them since I found them about 2 weeks ago. They're AWESOME.
I graduate in '09, too. That was my first thought. :D
TPC are excellent. I'm incredibly glad my friend shared them with me.
If I could capture the whole band in a sack and run away to Tokyo, I would. But I don't have a drivers license so this song will have to do, and it does.
Man, a lot of sophomores, specifically, really like TPC. I too graduate in the big '09 =D
NO WE CANT NO WE WONT NO WE CANT!
I also love this song!!
I think it's about global warming and climate change. These lines really give it away to me: "See the ruins of the old world below That's what our ancestors left us. Our robot masters will know How to clean this mess up And build a better world"
Are you handicapped? Global warming? really?
Are you handicapped? Global warming? really?
lol, I agree with Schwexx, I think a LOLWUT is appropriate for the above comment. NEWSFLASH Global Warming was a scam, and Climate Change DOES in fact exist and we've known this for thousands of years. It's pretty much a fact. Nothing new.
lol, I agree with Schwexx, I think a LOLWUT is appropriate for the above comment. NEWSFLASH Global Warming was a scam, and Climate Change DOES in fact exist and we've known this for thousands of years. It's pretty much a fact. Nothing new.
Great song though. Awesome band.
Great song though. Awesome band.
Add myself to the graduating class of 09 :D