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The Wonderful Future Lyrics
she builds her own satellite
from an old rusted chair
she leaves this old world behind
and the things that she cares
maybe she's gone but it won't be for long
what do i know? maybe she's found what
we all dream about
she's beautiful and wonderful
i can't compare
it's wonderful
it's not that fair
she builds a strong alibi
from the future thats here
she needs to know i'm alive
and that i'm flesh and i tear
she's beautiful
from an old rusted chair
she leaves this old world behind
and the things that she cares
maybe she's gone but it won't be for long
what do i know? maybe she's found what
we all dream about
i can't compare
it's wonderful
it's not that fair
from the future thats here
she needs to know i'm alive
and that i'm flesh and i tear
she's beautiful
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This is just a great song. Great music, a hummable guitar part, passionate lyrics, unfortunately I have no clue what they're about but hey, I can still like the song. One of my favorite olp songs for sure.
i love this song, it's so calm and flowy, and i love the way he takes notice of some girl out there who's absolutely beautiful but doesn't know it.
I've always pictured her "satellite chair" as a certain chair the girl sits in to create (painting or such) and it gives her a temporary escape from reality. The ability she has found to tap into her talent is something beautiful about her, something other people envy (something we all dream about).
this is a great ending to spiritual machines. In my opinion, all of that record tells a story about the rise of power of machines. In the beginning, they're stupid, just doing whatever they are told: "no matter what im always right there behind you." The machines get more advanced, at first being used for good things, but then 'losing their innocence' and gaining free will. They take over humans: prosecute and control them until the climax at "all my friends." "if you believe" offers a way out through the morals of religion. "The wonderful future" sums up the whole album and gives it a positive spin.
In this song, the girl is a metaphor for the human spirit. The idea that no matter how advanced computers get, we will always be morally one step higher than them because all humans possess a concience and knowledge of right and wrong that can't be destroyed (i dunno how much i believe that, but i think thats what hes saying). In the song, the human spirit finds ways to grow and survive even when left with almost nothing (a lawnchair).
The whole cd is modeled after the book "The Age of the Spiritual Machines." The book is, well, kinda frightening, but at the same times is quite amazing. I think that OLP did an amazing job in their interpretation of it.
Brilliant song. think its about a girl who Raine admires so much, but she is metaphorically ahead of the world, and he wants her back sooo bad... so he makes himself believe she will come back to save him from "the age of spiritual machines" or something... :p
this song and potato girl are the best songs ever.
Here's how the second verse goes:
"She builds a strong alibi From the future that's here She needs to know I'm alive But I'm flesh and I tear Maybe she's wrong But I won't mind my own What do I know? And their silicone With a touch of her soul What do I know? She's beautiful and wonderful I can't compare It's not that fair"
This song is about the main charactor in the book "Spiritural Machines" "She builds a strong alibi From the future that's here She needs to know I'm alive But I'm flesh and I tear"
PS the hidden track is taken from the book and I believe add meaning to this song
i also believe the hidden track is linked to this song... but i also believe it wasnt written just for spiritual machines...