[Intro – Computerized voice, robotic countdown] System activated. Circuit connection established. Human consciousness detected. Initializing sequence. Ten... Nine... Eight... Seven... "Are you ready for the future?" [Electronic beat drops] [Verse 1] 1989, got a brand-new machine Little green letters on a monochrome screen Got a microchip heart and a transistor brain And a whole lotta circuits running through my veins I got digital dreams and a binary soul Got a computerized woman taking full control She don't need affection, she don't need a name She just needs electricity to play my game I got a laser in my pocket, got a modem in my shoe Got a whole new world coming straight through you They said the future's coming, better run and hide I bought a ticket on the spaceship, gonna take that ride! [Pre-Chorus – Vocoder] Don't fear the future Don't fear the unknown The machine is alive And it's calling you home [Chorus – Robotic vocals] Don't fear the future! (WE ARE THE FUTURE!) Don't fear the machine! (WE ARE THE MACHINE!) Electric bodies! Digital dreams! Don't fear the future! (WE ARE THE FUTURE!) [Instrumental Break – Synth bass sequence, laser effects, vocoder fragments] "Access granted." "Connection established." "Human interface online." [Verse 2] I met a little android down on Fifth Avenue She had chrome-plated hips and a red LED tattoo Said she came from the future, said she came in peace Then she hacked my bank account and stole my cassette keys Now we're cruising through the city in a cybernetic car With a satellite dish and a radar on the bar Got a thousand little satellites watching from above And a computerized heart that's incapable of love They got robots in the factories, robots in the streets Robots in the record stores programming the beats You can call it evolution, you can call it fate But the mainframe's getting hungry and it's running late! [Chorus – Vocoder and layered electronic voices] Don't fear the future! (WE ARE THE FUTURE!) Don't fear the machine! (WE ARE THE MACHINE!) Electric bodies! Digital dreams! Don't fear the future! (WE ARE THE FUTURE!) [Bridge – Spoken word over minimal electronic pulse] "Human beings..." "You have spent centuries building your own replacements." "You have given us your memories." "Your calculations." "Your music." "And now..." "We would like to borrow your bodies." [Robotic voice] PLEASE REMAIN CALM. [Instrumental Break – Extended electro-funk sequence] [Verse 3 – More aggressive, rhythmic delivery] I got a circuit board brain and a steel-toe soul I'm a digital outlaw on a mission for control No more analog excuses, no more human delay I'm gonna live forever in the data buffet Got a million little numbers running through my head Got a satellite connection underneath my bed The world is going digital, the world is going chrome And if you can't afford the future, you can download it at home! So plug me in, power up, let the current flow I'm the next generation of the status quo No fear, no tears, no flesh, no blood Just a little bit of voltage and a whole lotta love! [Final Chorus – Full vocoder, layered voices] Don't fear the future! (WE ARE THE FUTURE!) Don't fear the machine! (WE ARE THE MACHINE!) Electric bodies! Digital dreams! Don't fear the future! DON'T FEAR THE FUTURE! [Outro – Beat gradually deconstructs] "System overload." "Human interference detected." "Would you like to continue?" YES / NO [Robotic voice] "Thank you for choosing the future." [Power-down sound] [End]
