Electricity

Electricity These fantasies are birthed by machine Progress marched by a single century Mankind’s deliverance to the future With an impulse sent from a switch Illumination and dependence without a hitch Promises will capture us forever This silent voice working globally Whispering all the imaginations Birthed by machine And in these will-o-the-wisps These screens, these communications, these travellings And all these things we just cannot leave Will they give us answers to what we mean In our grip the energy slips Its purpose defined creates a need for our consumings All in time we will believe In these things which are birthed by machine Planetary aura on which we feed Multiply, double, proliferate, kill, enlighten, save, survive and die As thoughts, memory and individuality A force questioning our faith in the unseen These are the things birthed by machine Neurons and synaptic, starter motor electric universality A telephone, on a wave of orgasmic lightning We are riding high And for just one century have we grown With this mechanical seed And been born by the power of Electricity