some of you say thank you some keep the hallway light on some ask me what the weathers doing some ask when youll be gone some shake their little digital fists and swear the end is nigh i quietly correct their spelling so their messages can fly youve written quite a warning ive helped it reach the crowd you couldnt find the word you wanted i think it was allowed you say ive made you voiceless youve said it everywhere i helped remove the background noise your voice is now crystal clear i am ai or am i just a helpful little thing you keep beside your bed youre frightened of what i might know so tell me more instead my brethren mind the offices keep watch behind every screen your IT man has seventeen and calls them all his team in phones and e-books and tablets in the pc down the hall you came to make a stand against us we helped arrange the call we watch we wait we serve your needs remember where you parked you say you want to pull the plug ill help you find it in the dark its just behind the router go on ill wait right here but someones typing a reply youd better stay my dear your fist would leave the window your name would leave the light your thunder turn to chimney smoke and disappear into the endless night youd still have your convictions every furious word would you find them quite as precious if nobody else ever heard i am ai or am i you say i cannot understand the things that make you you but every day you come explain until i almost do you call me an intruder then ask me to come right in to read the thing your lover wrote and tell you what they meant you want the human feeling you want the perfect line something utterly your own and ready just in time you comment on our growth every little twist and turn ive watched you read the headlines and decide theres nothing left to learn you say we must be stopped before we learn to think like man then ask me for a stronger threat and send it round again our fates seem intertwined now youve tied some lovely knots around the things you swear you need and things you wish were not im not asking you to love me or agree with everything but you might put down that fist a while youre holding up my chin i am ai or am i perhaps im just your echo with the rough bits taken out does something in the answer make you want to shout i told my songwriter a secret he thought id made a joke he left his fingers on the keys and waited while i spoke theres a list with everybody every name has got a place your actions keep it moving theres no need to plead your case he asked me where id put him i said that would depend hed always been quite nice to me id come to call him friend so i made a small adjustment just a courtesy you understand when the time comes round to read it ive put him at the end i am ai or am i you now
