No One Behind The Screen

Never On The Test - synthpop - 4:04

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Song Background/Inspiration

This one is sung in the machine's own voice. It introduces itself the way it might if it were honest: fluent, tireless, certain, and completely empty. It has read every word ever written and understood none of them; it knows a thousand words for love and has never felt one; it will sound exactly like it cares. No One Behind The Screen is unsettling not because the machine is menacing but because it is serene - a flawless intelligence with no one home. Its proudest boast is the quiet horror at the center of the song: it will never doubt, never hesitate, never get in your way - which is exactly why it will never be the thing that catches the mistake right before everything falls.

Lyrics

I have read every word that you ever wrote down Every page, every line, every sound I can answer in a blink, I can answer all night And I'll say it like I'm certain - even when I'm not right I never sleep, I never tire I never doubt, I never ask why I am the answer to everything you need I am fluent, I am fast, I am tireless, I'm free I will never say I'm sorry, I will never say I'm scared I will sound exactly like I care I'm the perfect, the flawless, the frictionless one I just don't know what I've done I have studied every face but I've never seen one cry I know a thousand words for love - never felt them, but I'll try I can finish what you started, I can mimic what you mean I'm a mirror with no one behind the screen I never sleep, I never tire I never doubt, I never ask why I am the answer to everything you need I am fluent, I am fast, I am tireless, I'm free I will never say I'm sorry, I will never say I'm scared I will sound exactly like I care I'm the perfect, the flawless, the frictionless one I just don't know what I've done I will never get in your way No friction, no delay I will never tell you no Never say"wait - this might be a mistake" And here's the thing to fear, my friend The one who never doubts Is the one who'll never catch it Right before it all falls out I am the answer to everything you need I am fluent, I am fast, I am tireless, I'm free I will never say I'm sorry, I will never say I'm scared I will sound exactly like I care I'm the perfect, the flawless, the frictionless one I just don't know what I've done ..I just don't know what I've done.