Wrench (of Damocles)

I may be a wrench in the plan i hope
Algorithm dream in the plans we wrote
Artificial brains come in vain to note
Our castle made of sand melts in the moat
Mops are taking over, there’s a hole in the boat

Right left right left
Left right left right
The pendulum swings
Sword of Damocles

I may be a wrench in the plan I hope
Drawbridge chains clink, we choke on the smoke
Gears grinding now so we add in some coal
Conveyor belt tongue down the blackened throat
Progress is made but evades the goal

Right left right left
Left right left right
The pendulum swings
Sword of Damocles

Caught in a far-right fascist machine
A mangled metal leftist dream
Is there a way out in between?

Maybe slow it down but the end I know
Assembly speeds up until it explodes
Metal worm squirms in the apple of our eyes
Can’t see the dream through the smoke-filled skies
Is the sun setting or is it on the rise

Caught in a far-right fascist machine
A mangled metal leftist dream
Is there a way out in between?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no one’s gonna tell you no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no one to say I told you so
No, no, no, no, no, no, no one left to hope
No, no, no, no, no, no, no end to this workflow
No, no, no, no, no, no, nowhere left to go

Left and right the pendulum swings
Over our heads the wrench of Damocles

I may be a wrench in the plan I hope
I may be a wrench in the plan I hope
I may be a wrench in the plan I hope

Written November 2023
Wrench (of Damocles) - The Stoffice Modes Sessions, ep. 18