[Song: Trying Really Hard] [verse 1] Cursor and Windsurf and Devin and Claude A terminal interface or gooey facade All of these options and all of these apps M C P and skills and hooks and contracts [pre-chorus] This overgrown spellcheck predicting my words Seems somehow important but it feels absurd Large language models and all that they do Are how we’ve decided we ought to improve [chorus] (Trying really hard) To give a crap (Checking my watch) For when I can nap Nine hours deep and I’ve lost the thread I’m a semi-autonomous talking head (Trying really hard) To remind myself I’m only here ‘cuz I wanna help Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh-oh [verse] A hundred and sixty of us on the call Everyone muted following along For two days of meetings that go on and on Technology pry mers from dusk until dawn [pre-chorus] Manage your models to keep down the cost Of tokens and context and memory loss Rules and con figs and progressive disclosure I’m struggling to keep my composure [chorus] (Trying really hard) To give a crap (Checking my watch) For when I can nap Nine hours deep and I’ve lost the thread I’m a semi-autonomous talking head (Trying really hard) To remind myself I’m only here ‘cuz I wanna help Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh-oh [dubstep drop] Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh-oh [key change, two semitones up] I long to dash out in the unseasonable sun To hurl off my hoodie and go for a run Then collapse in my comfy yet oversized chair And like my A.I. forget — entirely — why I am here To flop on the grass and just take in the view And ponder the endless expanses of blue The dragons and monsters and faces in clouds If such things… If I felt such things… …were ever allowed… [dubstep drop] Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh-oh [chorus, quietly] (Trying really hard) To give a crap (Checking my watch) For when I can nap Nine hours deep and I'm not dead Plugging along to help us get ahead [reprise drop] Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh-oh [outro, clapping/stomping a cappella] (Trying really hard) To give a crap (Trying really hard) I really need a nap (TRYING REALLY HARD) Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh-oh [end]
