The Future Soon Lyrics - Singles - Jonathan Coulton

Last week I left a note on Laura's desk 

It said "I love you, signed Anonymous Friend" 

Turns out she's smarter than I thought she was 

She knows I wrote it, now the whole class does too 

And I'm all alone during couple's skate 

When she skates by with some guy on her arm 

But I know that I'll forget the look of pity in her face 

When I'm living in my solar dome on a platform in space 

'Cause it's gunna be the future soon, I won't always be this way 

When the things that make me weak and strange are engineered away 

It's gunna be the future soon I've never seen it quite so clear 

When my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here 

I'll probably be some kind of scientist 

Building inventions in my space lab in space 

I'll end world hunger, I'll make dolphins speak 

Work through the daytime, spend my nights and weekends 

Perfecting my warrior robot race 

Building them one laser gun at a time 

I will do my best to teach them about life and what it's worth 

I just hope that I can keep them from destroying the earth 

'Cause it's gunna be the future soon I won't always be this way 

When the things that make me weak and strange are engineered away 

It's gunna be the future soon I've never seen it quite so clear 

When my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already... 

Here on Earth they'll wonder 

As I piece by piece replace myself 

And the steel and circuits will make me whole 

But I'll still feel all alone until Laura calls me home 

I'll see her standing by the monorail 

She'll look the same except her bionic eyes 

She lost the real ones in the robot wars 

I'll say "I'm sorry", she'll say "It's not your fault... or is it?" 

She'll eye me suspiciously 

Hearing the whir of the servos inside 

Then she'll scream and try to run but there's nowhere she can hide 

When a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot bride 

Well, it's gunna be the future soon I won't always be this way 

When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away 

It's gunna be the future soon I've never seen it quite so clear 

When my heart is breaking I can close my eyes, it's already here