Are we under their control, or are they under our control, or what?
Are we under their control, or are they under our control, or what?
Push the button
Computer age is now
Everyone must have a machine
They say it’s gonna make life easier
Well, I can’t stand it…
They say we should put them in control
Well, maybe next we’ll give them a soul
I guess we must now think that we’re gods
While we’re less men than ever
I know the Lord cannot be too glad
In fact, I’m sure he must be quite mad
To see us take His role from our lives
And give it to computers
For here we sit in our easy chairs
As our machines decide how we’ll fare
Who will suffer, who will survive?
It’s up to the computers
Push the button
Are we under their control, or are they under our control, or what?
Push the button
Are we under their control, or are they under our control, or what?
Push the button!
Are we under their control, or are they under our control, or what?
Are we under their control, or are they under our control, or what?
Push the button!
Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning!
Computing
«I'm no longer in control
I can’t program my machine
Now it wants to take my soul
Stop it or it will proceed!»
Computing
Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning!
Warning!
Push the button
Why is it you’re trying to give me
Programs
I’m in charge and yet you’re trying to
Program
I’m metal so you think you have to
Program
But I’m a man 'cause I don’t need no
Programs
Now computing… now computing… now computing… now computing…
Are we under their control, or are they under our control, or what?
Computer age is now
Everyone must have a machine
They say it's gonna make life easier,
well, I can't stand it...
Got me thinking "Damn smartphones" time to unplug
This jam truly blew my mind when I first heard it back in the day. And 20 years later nothings changed, so relevant even more now. Somebody, PUSH THE BUTTON !!!
Since this came out I have watched all of the advances in technology but I always remember this song. We have been warned! Warning! Warning! Warning! Haha!
They say, "the message is in the music". Well, the message this song conveys, is STILL just as relevant (if not even more so) TODAY, in this "information age", as it was in 1982, when the personal computer itself first "came of age".