Keep the Light Human
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Yeah
Yeah
If the future needs a light
Then let it shine for everyone
If the machine is gonna rise
Then we decide what it runs on
We walked past the cooling creek
Where the water used to run
We watched the midnight megawatts
Burn holes into the sun
We sat inside the layoff room
With cardboard boxes in our hands
We fed our questions to the screen
And forgot where thought began
But we are not the numbers
We are not the feed
We are not the shadow
Of somebody else's greed
Keep the light human
Keep the fire kind
Keep the tools in service
To the heart and to the mind
Keep the light human (Ooh)
Let the people stand (Ooh)
No machine can tell us (Ooh)
What is worthy of our hands
Keep the light human (Keep the light human)
Keep the light human (Keep the light human)
Oh, we heard the bossware singing
Through the wires in the wall
We saw the company town return
With a cleaner name and call
We watched the model eat the commons
And sell the harvest back
We felt the soft authoritarian
Put velvet on the track
But we still have our voices
We still have our names
We still have the power
To refuse the rent game
Keep the light human (Human)
Keep the fire kind (Kind)
Keep the tools in service (Yes)
To the heart and to the mind
Keep the light human (Ooh)
Let the people stand (Ooh)
No machine can tell us (Ooh)
What is worthy of our hands
Keep the light human (Keep the light human)
Keep the light human (Keep the light human)
This is not surrender (This is not retreat)
This is not a fear of change (Or hatred of the machine)
This is for the worker (This is for the stream)
This is for the artist and the student with a dream
This is for the town (This is for the land)
This is for the future (This is for the view)
Still held in human hands
Call and respond
Who pays for the light? (We do, we do)
Who carries the cost? (We do, we do)
Who keeps the meaning? (We do, we do)
Who draws the line? (We do, we do)
Who draws the line? (We do, we do)
Keep the light human (Hey)
Keep the fire kind
Keep the tools in service (To the tools in service)
To the heart and to the mind
Keep the light human (Keep the light human)
Let the people stand (Let the people stand)
No machine can tell us (No machine can tell)
What is worthy of our hands
Keep the light human (Keep the light human)
Through the water and the wire (Keep the light human)
Keep the light human (Keep the light human)
When the future calls our name (Keep the light human)
We can build the world together
But we do not bow to flame
If the future needs a light
Then let it shine for everyone
If the machine is gonna rise
Then we decide what it runs on
(Keep the light human)
Keep the light human
(Keep the light human)