Difference between revisions of "Back to the Abacus"

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Something's up with the Internet<br />
 
Something's up with the Internet<br />
 
This file won't download<br />
 
This file won't download<br />
For an estimated download time<br />
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For an estimated time remaining<br />
 
2 days is way too slow
 
2 days is way too slow
  
And now my MP3s are all corrupted<br />
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My MP3s are all corrupted<br />
And hey, so are my OGGs<br />
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And now so are my OGGs<br />
 
This video won't upload to YouTube<br />
 
This video won't upload to YouTube<br />
 
I can't access my blog
 
I can't access my blog
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Back to the abacus<br />
 
Back to the abacus<br />
Because our machines have failed us<br />
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Because we can't count on our machines<br />
 
Back to the abacus<br />
 
Back to the abacus<br />
Before we fall into Erebus
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Before we fall into entropy
  
 
===Verse 2===
 
===Verse 2===
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People don't want groceries from Wal-Mart<br />
 
People don't want groceries from Wal-Mart<br />
They like their food home-grown<br />
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They wanna make 'em on their own<br />
 
No chemicals or genetic alterations<br />
 
No chemicals or genetic alterations<br />
They wanna grow it on their own
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They like their food home-grown
  
 
All the new stuff is going out<br />
 
All the new stuff is going out<br />
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===[CHORUS]===
 
===[CHORUS]===
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Latest revision as of 22:36, 15 September 2012

Verse 1[edit]

Something's up with the Internet
This file won't download
For an estimated time remaining
2 days is way too slow

My MP3s are all corrupted
And now so are my OGGs
This video won't upload to YouTube
I can't access my blog

Since everything is shutting down
We'd better turn ourselves around
And go

CHORUS[edit]

Back to the abacus
Because we can't count on our machines
Back to the abacus
Before we fall into entropy

Verse 2[edit]

Cell phones take forever to charge
So now we're using pay phones
Vinyl's finally back in style
The retro nerds aren't alone

People don't want groceries from Wal-Mart
They wanna make 'em on their own
No chemicals or genetic alterations
They like their food home-grown

All the new stuff is going out
We're going by a different route
That goes

[CHORUS][edit]

Verse 3[edit]

Even abacuses fall apart
Their beads fly everywhere
They may be simple machines
That doesn't save them from wear and tear

No matter how far back we go
Our inventions will break down one by one
It's just the way of the world we've made
A gradual descent into oblivion

Everything will break down
We can't escape it, but for now
We'll go

[CHORUS][edit]