Nothing New Under the Silicon

Generations scroll by, fingers never rest Another launch, another quest, another"this is best" Sun rises on the keynote, sets on the review What profit hath a maker when the hype cycle's through? We built the towers, laid the cables in the sand But the ocean of our wanting never reaches dry land Vanity of vanities, all is vanity Chasing wind through data streams, silicon and sorcery Eye full of pixels, ear drowned in the feed Nothing new under the silicon, everything we need Yet nothing's ever enough, it's vapor in the breeze Vanity of vanities, in bytes and binaries Notifications rise and fall like the turning tide We connect the world, but feel more lonely inside Yesterday's miracle is today's boring app Tomorrow's revolution just another golden trap We upgrade, we refresh, we doomscroll through the night The more we know, the more it hurts, the dimmer grows the light I applied my heart to wisdom, searched through every line Studied every trend, every valuation sign I've seen the wealth, the power, the faces on the screen All striving after wind, a hollow, broken dream The more I understood, the heavier it weighed Knowledge only multiplied the sorrow in the game Vanity of vanities, all is vanity Chasing wind through data streams, silicon and sorcery Eye full of pixels, ear drowned in the feed Nothing new under the silicon, everything we need Yet nothing's ever enough, it's vapor in the breeze Vanity of vanities.. in bytes and binaries There is no remembrance.. of the giants that we praised They fall and we forget them in a matter of days What has been will be again, just different glowing names Nothing new.. under the silicon..