Robots

[Verse 1] To what has progress come — To unseen wonders. It has descended to the depths And risen to the heavens. The worries are forgotten, The rush has stopped. Quietly in the workshop spins The honest mechanism. [Pre-Chorus] Hands are no longer in the ash, The back no longer aches by morning. The light in the window burns steadier, And the silence fades away. [Chorus] Robots are working hard, Not a human. Robots are working hard, Day and night, for a lifetime. Robots are working hard, Where there was once a rush. Robots are working hard, Not a human. [Verse 2] In the morning the streets stand up, A clean gray row. On the factory floor, numbers Glow on the scoreboard. The tired people do not rush, They do not count the hours. Someone silently watches The quiet class. [Pre-Chorus] And in the palms does not tremble The weight of past years. Walk him home — He left a trace. [Chorus] Robots are working hard, Not a human. Robots are working hard, Day and night, for a lifetime. Robots are working hard, Where there was once a rush. Robots are working hard, Not a human. [Bridge] But when night falls And the district freezes, Who will hear in the darkness The old, quiet ringing? Who will lift this world Again to the dawn? A human stands and waits, To give an answer. [Outro Chorus] Robots are working hard, Not a human. Robots are working hard, Day and night, for a lifetime. Robots are working hard, Where there was once a rush. Robots are working hard, Not a human.