Efficiency Dividend

[Intro: Mechanical percussion] Faster! Excellent! Now do twice as much. [Verse 1] I built a better process Cut the effort down by half Thought I'd earned a little freedom Had to stop myself from laughing Every hour I recovered Found a hundred ways to fill Every brilliant new invention Made another expectation real [Pre-Chorus: Rhythms accelerate] Automate it! Delegate it! Celebrate it! Now accelerate it! [Chorus: Soaring syncopated melody] I made the world go faster Now it wants me faster still Every minute that I rescue Is another one to fill Oh, the efficiency dividend Never seems to pay me back I keep multiplying output While the hours stay intact [Verse 2] I remember when a project Could consume an afternoon Now I finish ten by lunchtime And I'm somehow overdue [Bridge: Glitching vocal layers] Ten times faster! Twenty times more! Who's the winner? What's the score? [Final Chorus: Layered harmonies] I made the world go faster And I'm proud of what I've done But the point of all this progress Can't be working till I'm numb [Outro: Printer jams] Efficiency achieved. New target assigned.