Mechanical nightmare

"Mechanical nightmare" is a song by LorD and Master about the singularity, a theory that there will come a point where artificial intelligence will become superior to humanity's collective minds and that the end of the human world will ensue. The song focuses on our desire for the latest technology and how the singularity may already have occurred and the artificial intelligence of the machines is playing dumb in order to proliferate itself into all corners of our world.

Lyrics

We came from the future
To unhinge the past
There's no way to stop us
Processor's too fast

You should have listened to Orwell and HG Wells
We now live in dystopia
Just like the story tells

It's a mechanical
It's a mechanical
It's a mechanical nightmare
It's a mechanical
It's a mechanical
It's a mechanical nightmare

We came from the future
Insidiously
Technology adopted
So voraciously

You all wanted the latest, the up-to-date
The moment you clicked accept
You accepted your fate

It's all academic now
You're all history
This is not an invasion
It's a victory

Versions

• Appears on Witness.

Personnel

• Written, produced and performed by Daniel Bailey-Graham.