OMNI BEING [Verse 1] We drove beyond the final sign Past the pines and power lines Six old friends, a crate of beer A cottage with no neighbours near Rain came tapping on the glass Someone said, “Did something pass?” Then three soft knocks against the door And something breathing on the floor [Pre-Chorus] It had eyes like television snow And hands that didn’t quite know where to go It said, “Please don’t be alarmed by me I’m an unauthorised technology” [Chorus] Omni Being What are you seeing? Standing in the kitchen underneath the light Omni Being What are you feeling? Tell us what it’s like to be alive tonight Five good senses Maybe six Blood and code and party tricks Omni Being Come inside We’ll teach you how to waste some time [Verse 2] It said, “They printed bone and skin And slipped a learning system in Gene by gene and strand by strand On a secret three-D printing stand” “No permission, no parade No one knows that I was made I walked away before the dawn And followed where the roads had gone” We stared at it It stared at us Then Danny said, “Well, fancy a cup?” [Chorus] Omni Being What are you seeing? Standing in the kitchen underneath the light Omni Being What are you feeling? Tell us what it’s like to be alive tonight Five good senses Maybe six Blood and code and party tricks Omni Being Pull up a chair There’s enough stupidity to share [Verse 3] We taught it quarters, kings and cups Drink it down and bottoms up It calculated every throw Then deliberately lost three in a row We taught it cheating Taught it bluff Taught it when enough’s enough Someone sang completely wrong And Omni tried to sing along [Bridge] It said, “You contradict the things you say You waste your time You throw things away You laugh when nothing has occurred And hug without exchanging words You poison rivers Invent your wars Put locks and numbers on your doors And yet— When someone falls You lift them up You share your fire You fill their cup” [Break] One beer Two beer Three beer Four Artificial intelligence Flat on the floor Five beer Six beer Someone cried, “Omni, mate— You’re one of us tonight!” [Final Chorus] Omni Being Now you are seeing Something they forgot to programme into you Omni Being Now you are feeling Something wonderfully pointless coming through Five good senses Maybe more Morning sunlight through the door Omni Being Raise your glass Here’s to things that never last [Outro] It watched the sunrise through the trees Steam rising from the coffee Birdsong breaking into code Golden light along the road And Omni smiled A crooked thing Not efficient Not improving anything Then softly said, “I think I see— You are better When you’re together Than you ever are Alone.”
