[Verse 1] We wake to the glass glow Thumbs on the same screen A door opens before us A voice says, “Don’t worry” The kettle knows the hour The cart knows what we need And every tiny errand Gets filed away for free [Pre-Chorus] So we drift through the morning With our hands in our pockets A thousand tiny choices Already made for us [Chorus] Modern life automated We let the code decide Modern life automated We traded skill for time Modern life automated (automated) Now the easy answers Do the living for us [Verse 2] The map folds by itself now The door remembers names The lock can feel our heartbeat And let us in the same The list grows in the background The fridge makes sure we eat The lights adjust our feelings Before we even speak [Pre-Chorus] So we drift through the morning With our hands in our pockets A thousand tiny choices Already made for us [Chorus] Modern life automated We let the code decide Modern life automated We traded skill for time Modern life automated (automated) Now the easy answers Do the living for us [Bridge] And maybe that’s the danger We stop before we start Forgot the shape of patience Forgot the weight of art The waiting, the failing The figuring it out If everything is solved for us What are we for now? [Final Chorus] Modern life automated We let the code decide Modern life automated We traded skill for time Modern life automated (automated) Now the easy answers Do the living for us
