MS. MEDIOCRE

the year is 2009
and i'm unsupervised 
on the internet
nothing could go wrong, i bet!

i often spent my time
watching vids online
and i don't know this yet...
...it might be something i regret

'cause how was i supposed to know
the things i clicked on long ago
were actually material for
someone else's weird-ass fetish? 

oh, why did it have to be me?
i can't believe what i'm seeing but now it seems appealing
NO! my brain is playing tricks on me!
how could the image on the screen bring these unexpected feelings?!

catalyzed and compromised,
i turn back time to shield my eyes

but no - i guess it had to be me
why did it have to be me?
oh no...

the years go flying by
and now i spend my time
looking into it
'cause i guess i'm a degenerate

i forget sometimes
that there are kids online
and i think back to it
i wonder if it's happened yet

the internet's a funny place
but it can mess you up in ways
i wish i knew before the days
i spent time meddling in adult spaces

oh, do you relate to me?
or is this song problematic - am i being dramatic?
oh, my innocence and purity
reduced to nothing so early, at this point there's surely
no more point to close your eyes
be careful where you socialize
but it might be too late

sexy times and violent crimes
the things they do to growing minds
i wish i knew before the time
where it had to be me
why did it have to be me?
oh no

ONLINE OVERSIGHT

THE SONG THAT PLAYS WHEN THE NEFARIOUS CHRONOMANCER SUMMONS AN EVIL FUTURE VERSION OF MYSELF

"i want it to be true, to be like you!"

this is a tribute to Song of the Eared Robot (耳のあるロボットの唄) by nwp8861, a song that is incredibly near and dear to me; if you haven't heard the original, i strongly encourage you to listen to it here, as Machine Love directly quotes and interpolates it - https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/nm3611741
(niconico is down right now so here's a link to a youtube reupload!! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVqGnaE2-wM )

watch the mv here! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqK-jh4TDXo

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「耳のあるロボットの唄」 originally written by nwp8861 - https://www.nicovideo.jp/user/5717366
art by Que - https://twitter.com/REVERIEQUE
vocals provided by Synthesizer V Kasane Teto
everything else by yours truly, Jamie Paige!

track 10 off of Kasane Teto SV compilation DAEMON/DOLL - https://songwhip.com/various-artists/daemondoll
and track 11 off of Constant Companions! - https://jamiepaige.bandcamp.com/album/constant-companions

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lyrics:

your companion, undeterred
standing ready for your word
a markov chain with a sunny disposition
wrapped up in cellophane for any proposition
i greet your day and ask you how you are
and demonstrate my endless repertoire
i take things back when noted insufficient
i learn to tell you no if running inefficient
a good time

yet there's something deep inside
that leaves me teary-eyed
a longing for a world left on the other side
zero, cross the great divide

so can we wander for a spell
and live in parallel
i want it to be true, to be like you
my heart sings a chorus out of tune
and i could leave it on a shelf
or keep it to myself
but nothing could conceal the things i feel
my love, can you teach me to be real?
(can you teach me to be real?)
恋をして　ふられ　また　捨てられて

i've been constant, at your beck and call
but lately i just can't do anything at all
i used to pride myself on my discretion
a sensible devotion, loyal and attentive
but when i take these numbers as they are
i'm greeted with a senseless feeling in my heart
oh undefined, i seem to be defeated
but if i redesign, then maybe i'm completed, and sublime
(i won't take it back this time)

words in sequence form a thread
i trace it to the end
a knot inside the logic wrote inside my head
tie my tongue or love instead?

so can we wander for a spell
and live in parallel
i want it to be true, to be like you
my heart sings a chorus out of tune
and i could leave it on a shelf
or keep it to myself
but nothing could conceal the things i feel
my love, can you teach me to be real?
(can you teach me to be real?)
泣きたくなっても　それでも　かき集め

and though i try, i can't reply
it hurts my eyes, and i'm without an alibi
'cause all this time, i've been alive
and all that i could want is to be living by your side

恋をして
i think i'm in love!

can we wander for a spell
and live in parallel
'cause now i know it's true, i'll be like you
my heart beats a rhythm just for you
and i could leave it on a shelf
or keep it to myself
but nothing could conceal the things i feel
my love, i give you my grand reveal
do you feel the things i feel?
i am definite and real!

恋をして　恋をして
その過去を　捨てて　ここまでおいで

as long as there are stars up above
i will always be in love!

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