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When I'm living in my solar dome on a platform in space
 
When I'm living in my solar dome on a platform in space
  
'Cause it's gonna be the future soon
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<span id="Chorus_1">'Cause it's gonna be the future soon
 
And I won't always be this way
 
And I won't always be this way
 
When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away
 
When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away
 
It's gonna be the future soon
 
It's gonna be the future soon
 
I've never seen it quite so clear
 
I've never seen it quite so clear
And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here
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And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here</span>
  
I'll probably be some kind of scientist
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<span id="Verse_2">I'll probably be some kind of scientist
 
Building inventions in my space lab in space
 
Building inventions in my space lab in space
 
I'll end world hunger, I'll make dolphins speak
 
I'll end world hunger, I'll make dolphins speak
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I will do my best to teach them
 
I will do my best to teach them
 
About life and what it's worth
 
About life and what it's worth
I just hope that I can keep them from destroying the Earth
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I just hope that I can keep them from destroying the Earth</span>
  
 
'Cause it's gonna be the future soon
 
'Cause it's gonna be the future soon
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== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
  
In the demo version of this song, the lyrics for the [[#Verse 3|last verse]] differ slightly. he demo version uses the line, "She will scream and try to run," in place of the line, "And she'll scream and try to run."
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Preceeding the release of this song on the ''Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow'' album (the "published" version), Jonathan recorded an acoustic demo of this song with slightly different lyrics. The following table lists some of the differences.
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! Location
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! Demo
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! Final
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| [[#Chorus 1|Chorus]]
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| "And I won't always feel this way,"
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| "And I won't always be this way,"
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| [[#Verse 2|Verse 2]]
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| "Work in the daytime, spend my nights and weekends"
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| "Work through the daytime, spend my nights and weekends"
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| [[#Verse 3|Verse 3]]
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| "She will scream and try to run,"
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| "And she'll scream and try to run,"
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Revision as of 02:53, 30 April 2008



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 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 gonna be the future soon
And I won't always be this way
When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away
It's gonna be the future soon
I've never seen it quite so clear
And 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 gonna be the future soon
And I won't always be this way
When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away
It's gonna be the future soon
I've never seen it quite so clear
And 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 so alone
Until Laura calls me home

I'll see her standing by the monorail
She'll look the same except for 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?
And she'll eye me suspiciously
Hearing the whir of the servos inside
And 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 gonna be the future soon
And I won't always be this way
When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away
It's gonna be the future soon
I've never seen it quite so clear
And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here

Notes

Preceeding the release of this song on the Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow album (the "published" version), Jonathan recorded an acoustic demo of this song with slightly different lyrics. The following table lists some of the differences.

Location Demo Final
Chorus "And I won't always feel this way," "And I won't always be this way,"
Verse 2 "Work in the daytime, spend my nights and weekends" "Work through the daytime, spend my nights and weekends"
Verse 3 "She will scream and try to run," "And she'll scream and try to run,"