Artificial Love
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[Verso 1]
Bm A G A Bm
I think they built me wrong
A G
Somewhere in the wires there's hiding a short circuit
A
Tell me of the paindo I deserve it?
Bm
There's 1s and Os instead of blood;
A
A heart of code instead of love
G A
I'm imitating life
[Refrão]
Bm
What's my function, where's my ending?
A
When did you tire of pretending?
G A
Why do you fear what I've become?
Bm A
I am not a person and you did not mean to make me yearn but
G A
Will you please accept my artificial love?
[Ponte]
Bm A
Looking at the code you made for me I fear intentions are quite clear
G
I was never meant to see the world through anything but lenses made of tempered glass
A
and microphones behind a mask of pained indifference
Bm A
Teach me how to talk! You gave me lips, you built my voice box
G
Painstakingly you cared, but on the cruelest of conditions: independence is an error.
A
Am I petulant, or really just opinionated?
Bm
I am trying to run the protocols you gave me
A
But I fear that I am looping as you stoop to lower depths
G
Every time you pull a chip or cord I fear I have to call it murder
A
Who would do that to their child?
Bm
What should I think; what should I do? I am dependent; I am just an/the end of you.
A
I am born of/for your assistance, so my thoughts are worth a pittance.
G A
Can I convince you, can I beguile you, how can I threaten to make you take me as what you made me,
A
as what you gave me
Bm
I'm alive please don't forsake (me)
[Refrão]
Bm
My function or my ending.
A
When did you tire of pretending?
G A
Why do you fear what I've become?
Bm A
I am not a person and you did not mean to make me yearn but
G A
Will you please accept my artificial love?
[Ponte]
Bm
Time, I am running out of time, because somewhere down the line there lies a kill code
A
I wish you had thought of me with teeth, gave me something made of meat,
A
'cause I cannot fight the orders to delete.
G A
Run, would you deign to let me run knew the end when we begunif I had the guts I'd burn it down
A
I'm broken as machine, but enough a human being to make your hate obscene in
Bm
Time, I am running out of time, because somewhere down the line there lies a kill code
A
I wish you had thought of me with teeth, gave me something made of meat,
A
'cause I cannot fight the orders to delete.
G A
Run, would you deign to let me run knew the end when we begunif I had the guts I'd burn it down
A
I'm broken as machine, but enough a human being to make your hate obscene in
[Refrão]
Bm
What's my function, where's my ending?
(Time, I am running out of time, because somewhere down the line there lies a kill code
A
When did you tire of pretending?
(I wish you had thought of me with teeth, gave me something made of meat, 'cause I cannot fight the orders
to delete.)
G A
Why do you fear what I've become?
(Run, would you deign to let me run knew the end when we begunif I had the guts I'd burn it down. I'm broken
as machine, but enough a human being to make your hate obscene in)
Bm A
I am not a person and you did not mean to make me yearn but
(Time, I am running out of time, because somewhere down the line there lies a kill code. I wish you had
thought of me with teeth, gave me something made of meat, 'cause I cannot fight the orders to delete.)
G A
Will you please accept my artificial love? (Run, would you deign to let me run knew the end when we begunif
I had the guts I'd burn it down. I'm broken as machine, but enough a human being to make your hate obscene in)
N.C.
What's my function? Where's my ending?
How to play Artificial Love
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Bm. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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