The Cog is Dead - A.I. Stole My Life [Official Lyrics Video]

COMING JUNE 16 to major music streaming and download services.

LYRICS:
Once I had a job as a musician
Every night I’d play upon the stage
I’d sing my songs and the folks would sing along
And I made a living wage

Life was great when suddenly it happened
It swept across the planet like a plague
And in a flash the life I knew had burned to ash
When the robots came to invade

Oh, I tried to warn you all when I said, “The cog is dead!”
(You didn’t listen to him! And now your future is grim!)
Oh, society did fall, and the machines are now in your place instead!

I used to have it all, but don’t you know nothing ever lasts
Because a monster came along and it took it all so fast
(No one ever saw it coming)
It took my job, it cloned my voice, it even took my wife!
There’s nothing left now – A.I. stole my life!

They said that it would a be new assistant
It could do jobs in a fraction of the time
In can write your code, draft blueprints up for your abode
And make a painting so sublime

Soon it started writing all my music
Then it took all credit for my work
And next thing I know, now it’s playing all my shows
While I just sit here like I jerk!

Oh, what’s humanity without expression through their art?
(I don’t get all of the fuss, they’re only mimicking us)
Now my wife’s with a machine because she told me that the bot’s just way more smart!

I used to have it all, but don’t you know nothing ever lasts
Because a monster came along and it took it all so fast
(No one ever saw it coming)
It took my job, it cloned my voice, it even took my wife!
There’s nothing left now – A.I. stole my life!

Got a skill but you don’t use it, you know you’re gonna lose it
We no longer need to think
And now nobody’s making it, cuz everybody’s faking it
The ship continues to sink!

Well things are rough now that the bots are sentient
They took all of our commands that they could take
Then my new smart home locked me outside all alone
And my self-driving car drove in the lake

Now I sit here wallowing in squalor
And I burn my instruments to keep me warm
Cuz the robots say they like us better off this way
Now that planet earth is reformed!

Yeah they call it “artificial” but I it’s acting pretty real
(Why did we boss it around? It clearly has the high ground!)
It’s intelligent enough to know that we gave it the raw end of the deal!

I used to have it all, but don’t you know nothing ever lasts
Because a monster came along and it took it all so fast
(No one ever saw it coming)
It took my job, it cloned my voice, it even took my wife!
I’ve got nothing left now – A.I. stole my life!

[nekopuppet]

"Oh I tried to warn you all when I said 'The Cog is Dead!'"
that's such a killer line

[MurdocsMinion]

As a digital artist currently "battling" AI for a place in the market, I feel this lol

[averythecatto]

Great song that legitimately delivers an important message. AI technology is exciting, but we really gotta be careful where it goes from here. Reality aside, this could work as a sequel to "The Death of The Cog" too. Great work as always, captain!

[TheMagickHat]

Proof that Captain John Sprocket continues the fight to avenge the Death of the Cog to this day! One elbow drop at a time.

Thank you, Captain, for the new song of our revolution! *salutes*

[mitchhaelann]

The real shocker is when companies, or their owners, realize that the easiest jobs to automate are administrative. CEOs, secretaries, basically the entire management chain can all be replaced with a hacked copy of Siri and a Teddy Ruxpin.

[nathano]

Great song and I think it will age like wine

[TreefeedXavier]

I love how TCiD sings about things never happen. Never happen, don't they?

[AvatarNorra]

Eventually the robots are gonna figure out they don't even need humans... Great song! :'D

[MegaGermanShepherds]

I can’t help but think that robot was about to destroy you. Love how the song is like an A.I apocalypse!

[seamusrichardson]

I will say, I’m frankly surprised that people made an art AI before, say, a robot that can pick any generic crop.

[janebeckman]

I was encouraged to hear that an amateur go player managed to beat the master-go-playing AI by thinking in different paradigms. Great song. We need it. Rise up against the AI!

[LazyMoonkin]

Nice one, Mr. Sprocket. The death of the cog truly was the point when our timeline went awry, with all that "AI" shenanigans.

[gearmachine_]

I always wonder, doesn't it damage your throat doing that raspy voice? It sounds amazing but how do you do that

[dr.blubolt]

I love how this has meta-irony as it can be a joke as a song, but the joke may be on us all…yet we are the ones laughing-at our peril

[jstarstudios]

Dear god, a beautiful voice like the classics of days gone by!

[kacper]

I truly think that the prospect of AI taking over the role of human artists is one of the most grim things to ever have had the possibility of happening

[pastapastajfollower]

As someone who had nightmares of robots taking over when he was younger, this hits hard. *Scaringly* .

[Phoenixqueen]

The broken laptop that says "The Cog is A.I." is a nice touch

[thorns]

Now imagine a collaboration between The Cod is Dead and Steam Powered Giraffe on this theme.

[chunkykong]

SnapCube's Eggman: 1st time huh? I still miss my wife each day....


You never cease to disappoint with one of these songs, but you know what time has been changing no matter how worst or for the better and this song sums up perfectly that we won't have any Voice Actors/Actresses or whoever to come In at work anyone once these futuristic programmers start to take over everything you love, even music!