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Am I a machine?
Are those around me?
Tell me: what are we if not machinery?
Built to receive
Built to believe
And what would you with me if my action should cease?

I am hearing something in the white noise
I am hearing something that is not your voice

All lined up in rows
With mechanical precision we all make the same decisions
Pray, heed the signal
Oh, but we are told
That they are by our own volition and it is only coincidence
That they're identical

I am hearing something in the white noise
I am hearing something that is not your voice

But how can I be sure?
Is it false, the sound I hear, or does it just evade the ears
Of my companions?
To this broken receiver
The signal's still heard loud and clear, but there is something else in here
That you did not intend

And, distantly
I think I can see another like me start to hear something
And, distantly
I think I can see another of your machines start malfunctioning

We are hearing something in the white noise
We are hearing something that is not your voice

And now we're tuned to the sound that will awaken us
A secret in the signal that you forced on us

You can't stop this signal
You've made it too powerful
You can't stop this signal
Even to save yourself

Can't stop the signal now
Can't stop the signal

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from The Lighthouse Keeper, released June 19, 2012

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The Lighthouse Keeper is a solo project started in 2008 encompassing a large range of musical styles and instrumentation with a focus on experimentation and basically being a huge music nerd.

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