Jonathan Coulton - The Future Soon Lyrics
Last week I left a note on Laura's deskIt said I love you signed anonymous friendTurns out she's smarter than I thought she wasShe knows I wrote it, now the whole class does tooAnd I'm alone during couple skateWhen she skates by with some guy on her armBut I know that I'll forget the look of pity in her faceWhen I'm living in my solar dome on a platform in spaceCause it's gonna be the future soonAnd I won't always be this wayWhen the things that make me weak and strange get engineered awayIt's gonna be the future soonI've never seen it quite so clearAnd when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already hereI'll probably be some kind of scientistBuilding inventions in my space lab in spaceI'll end world hunger I'll make dolphins speakWork through the daytime, spend my nights and weekendsPerfecting my warrior robot raceBuilding them one laser gun at a timeI will do my best to teach themAbout life and what it's worthI just hope that I can keep them from destroying the EarthCause it's gonna be the future soonAnd I won't always be this wayWhen the things that make me weak and strange get engineered awayIt's gonna be the future soonI've never seen it quite so clearAnd when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's alreadyHere on Earth they'll wonderAs I piece by piece replace myselfAnd the steel and circuits will make me wholeBut I'll still feel so aloneUntil Laura calls me homeI'll see her standing by the monorailShe'll look the same except for bionic eyesShe lost the real ones in the robot warsI'll say I'm sorry, she'll say it's not your faultOr is it?And she'll eye me suspiciouslyHearing the whir of the servos insideShe will scream and try to runBut there's nowhere she can hideWhen a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot brideWell it's gonna be the future soonAnd I won't always be this wayWhen the things that make me weak and strange get engineered awayIt's gonna be the future soonI've never seen it quite so clearAnd when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here
