Weak Substitute

Lyrics

Now I'm controlling a character Weak substitute, black ocean voice Sub conception for consumption A job, a game something to do, just occupation Substitute fusing real wires For looking at a map and asking - Whose side am I going to be on? A resource allocation sim In my simulation life I'm just another peon I purchased experience And what you gave me is non-returnable Now you're out of my life But I charged myself up with you just like a battery Replacing my hands for claws! My face for a beak! Skin for a carapace! Life's a game except you'rе not moving Illusion of motion, zoetrope or movie screen It's еasier to cope looking at myself from outside Are these meaningful acts? More than polygons or bitmaps? I'm controlling a character Never knowing my own life Living only through vicarious substitutes Positive cross dev negative substitute Swapped minus to plus to instigate polarity Launched me out of orbit Free floating in the ether Positive cross dev negative substitute Swapped minus to plus to instigate polarity Launched me out of orbit Free floating in the ether