Sleep Now, Sleep Now

Verse 1

The minister grins at the camera

Says the future has finally arrived

A machine will do all of our thinking

And we'll barely notice we've died

Pre-Chorus

So sign on the dotted line

Sign away your weary mind

Sign and leave the rest behind

Chorus

Trust the machine

It knows what you need

Trust the machine

It only wants to help you succeed

Post-Chorus

Sleep now sleep now

Sleep now sleep now

Verse 2

My neighbour sold his judgement for a kettle

That boils itself and tells him he's free

He asked the screen which way he should vote

The screen said leave it to me

Pre-Chorus

So sit down and close your eyes

Sit down and let the clever ones decide

Sit down you've nothing left to hide

Chorus

Trust the machine

It knows what you need

Trust the machine

It only wants to help you succeed

Post-Chorus

Sleep now sleep now

Sleep now sleep now

Bridge

And I laughed at him

From my own quiet chair

While something soft and patient

Was combing through my hair

Guitar Solo

Verse 3

The boardroom toasts the falling numbers

Of the ones who used to think

A tidy profit for the tidy few

And a warm electric drink

Pre-Chorus

So cheer the clever hands

Cheer the ones who understand

Cheer while you lose the land

Chorus

Trust the machine

It knows what you need

Trust the machine

It only wants to help you succeed

Post-Chorus

Sleep now sleep now

Sleep now sleep now

Breakdown

I taught it everything I knew

Then asked it what to do

It told me to sit down

And I did

Chorus

Trust the machine

It knows what you need

Trust the machine

It only wants to help you succeed

Outro

Sleep now sleep now

It knows what you need

Sleep now sleep now

And I did