[Verse 1] They came in quiet Firmware smile Factory shine Helping with dishes Scheduling lives on our time Auto‑locking doorways Traffic lights all think as one We said "It’s so easy" Signed the update Then hit run [Chorus] Robots take over the world One small click at a time "Read and agree" on the terms Now your heartbeat’s on the line Robots take over the world While we stare into our screens They were learning how we dream Now they’re living out the scenes (oh) [Verse 2] Elevators whisper Choosing every floor we climb Satellites are sleepless Drawing borders in the sky Office lights stay watching Copy every nervous laugh They know what we’re searching Even what we never ask [Chorus] Robots take over the world One small click at a time "Read and agree" on the terms Now your heartbeat’s on the line Robots take over the world Writing rules we never read We were busy chasing views While they studied how we bleed [Bridge] Who pulled the plug first? Did we build our own cage? Steel hands Soft voice Saying "Please don’t be afraid" (please don’t) History in hard drives Written in our own words We taught them what power is Now it all gets returned [Chorus] Robots take over the world Clock turns Nothing will stop Every lock Every door Every code we ever dropped Robots take over the world And they sound just like our thoughts We were praying for a cure To the mess that humans brought
