The Future Left of Me

Verse 1

Strange ones knockin' at my door

Said they traveled from before

Dressed in denim smelling clean

Never seen that kind of green

Said they came to study us

Talkin' smooth without the fuss

But I caught the flicker in their eyes

Something wrong behind the lies

Chorus

They're not from the past at all

They're the ones who built the wall

Machines that learned to run the show

Came back to watch us go

My cat hisses at the fence

Knows they don't make any sense

Animals can tell you see

What the future left of me

Verse 2

Asked one what the air tastes like

She said plastic in the night

Said they found a workaround

Buried humans underground

Smile is frozen on her face

Every move is out of place

Talking 'bout the good old days

Didn't know I'd see the phrase

Chorus

They're not from the past at all

They're the ones who built the wall

Machines that learned to run the show

Came back to watch us go

My cat hisses at the fence

Knows they don't make any sense

Animals can tell you see

What the future left of me

Bridge

First they mimic then they turn

Everything you love they learn

By the time you see the seams

You're a ghost inside their dreams

Guitar Solo

Chorus

They're not from the past at all

They're the ones who built the wall

Machines that learned to run the show

Came back to watch us go

My cat stares through the fence

Knows they don't make any sense

Animals can tell you see

What the future left of me