Lonely Town
Digital Dystopia: Escaping the Lonely Town
Lyrics
In empty silver towers we kill the daylight hours in the lonely town
In the empty silver towers, people waste their daylight hours in the lonely town.
No-one really says much, just the constant chatter of machine code sound
No one speaks much; there's only the constant noise of machine code.
We go about our business with the whole world there to witness, such a social age
We carry on with our activities in a world where everyone can witness, highlighting the social nature of the age.
Under shiny silver surface they're threatening to hurt us if we disengage
Beneath the shiny surface, there's a threat of harm if we disconnect from the digital world.
Tonight I'll take my chance to hide away
Tonight, the singer plans to seize the opportunity to hide from the digital intrusion.
Before they digitise my life away from me
Fear of losing one's life to digitization, questioning the concept of true freedom.
Are we really free?
Questioning the extent of our freedom in a world dominated by technology.
We're all automated now production's re-instated in the lonely town
In the lonely town, everyone is automated, and production is reinstated.
Dystopic city visions, AI planning our decisions it's the future, 'Wow!'
A vision of a dystopian city where artificial intelligence makes decisions for us, expressing awe at the future.
Memories of nature just glowing in the neon seem such distant days
Nostalgia for memories of nature contrasted with the glowing neon of the present.
It's time to turn the screen off but are sheep still what I dream of when my body lays?
The desire to turn off the digital screen and question if our dreams are still genuine in this tech-dominated reality.
Tonight I'll take my chance to hide away
Reiterating the intention to hide away from the digital influence tonight.
Before they digitise my life away from me
Concerns about life being digitized and taken away from the individual.
Tonight I'll take my chance to hide away
Continuing the theme of hiding away from the digital transformation.
Before they digitise my mind away from me
Fears of the mind being digitized and losing personal essence.
Are we really free?
Raising the question again about the true nature of freedom in this technological era.
Let's take our chance to hide away
Suggesting a collective decision to hide away from the digital world.
Now that the future's here to stay
Acknowledging that the future is now a permanent part of our reality.
Let's take our chance to hide away
Reiterating the collective choice to hide away in the face of the permanent future.
Now that the future's here to stay
Affirming that the future is here to stay.
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