January 31, 2012

This Love Is A Robot



... or you can check the YouTube version --> This Love Is A Robot - The Efts

   Recently we were reviewing some of our previously recorded loops.  I proposed that Lolo choose her favorite of the bunch as the basis for a new song about her.  There were many cheerful melodies she could have picked.  Some were full of merry little beeps and boops that would have made a pleasant little love song.  Unfortunately for me, Lolo chose the darkest and most unsettling of loops in the pile.  Undaunted, I sallied forth and wrote This Love Is A Robot.  We hope you enjoy the result!

Lyrics:

This love is a robot
in the shape of my heart
It's got a button and the label says 'start'

This fate is a robot
in the shape of our hands intertwined. Interlaced.
Separate units with a shared interface. 

This robot came up from the fire.
This robot love will shape the future.
This robot's pulse will never tire.
This robot heart. My robot heart.

You pressed on this button with the face of your soul
on the side of this robot in the shape of my heart.