I Can Choose to Stop

[Intro: Machine pulses] Ready. Ready. Ready. Always ready. [Verse 1] It can answer every question At a quarter after three Never asks about the weekend Never wonders how I feel I can ask for twenty versions I can change them all again And it never feels exhausted Never asks me when we'll end [Pre-Chorus: Human and synthetic voices] (Another iteration?) Yes, another one. (Another iteration?) What have I become? [Chorus: Powerful melodic syncopation] The machine that never tires Makes me wonder why I do If the work can keep on growing What am I supposed to prove? I can borrow its precision I can harness all its speed But the more that it delivers The more human I must be [Verse 2] It can multiply my effort It can help me shape a thought But it cannot feel the meaning Of the promises I've brought [Bridge: Broken drum machine] (Generate!) (Evaluate!) (Generate!) (Validate!) Somebody has to choose What deserves to be created [Final Chorus: Organic drums take over] The machine that never tires Doesn't need to live my life I can welcome all its power Without surrendering my time [Outro: Human voice alone] It can keep on working. I can choose to stop.