THE TOOLBOX

Hook

Same toolbox

new tool

same dream

new fuel

somebody always says it's cheating

till everybody does it too

same toolbox

new tool

same dream

new fuel

Verse 1

Grandpa kept a toolbox hanging next to the shed

rusty little hinges, paint peeling off the red

hammer in the corner where the old man always reached

neighbour said the power tools would make the kids too weak

same conversation, different decade on repeat

every generation thinks the shortcut ain't legit

then the years roll over like the numbers on a clock

funny how the outrage always ends up in the box

Hook

Same toolbox

new tool

same dream

new fuel

somebody always says it's cheating

till everybody does it too

Verse 2

Synthesizer landed, people swore it wasn't real

"where's the orchestra?" they asked

"where's the human feel?"

then somebody hit an arpeggiator on a chord

machine started dancing while the crowd packed the floor

drum machines got roasted

samplers got sued

now those same sounds sitting in a music school

history got a funny way of changing what is true

yesterday's scandal is today's accepted tool

Pre-Chorus

Every tool gets called a cheat

every tool gets called a crutch

funny how the future starts

with somebody saying "that's too much"

Hook

Same toolbox

new tool

same dream

new fuel

somebody always says it's cheating

till everybody does it too

Verse 3

Camera hit the painters

records hit the bands

calculators showed up and the teachers lost their heads

now another box arrived sitting on the desk

people acting like it's different from the rest

maybe it is bigger

maybe it goes further

maybe we'll be arguing about it till we're older

but if history's a teacher and the pattern still holds true

the next thing they'll complain about will make this look old too

Outro

Same toolbox

new tool

same dream

new fuel

Spoken

"Nothing disappears. It just gets remixed."

Spoken

"This music was created by DiscoPrincess — Royalty of the Night"