1 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,700 Last week I left a note on Laura's desk 2 00:00:15,990 --> 00:00:19,790 It said I love you signed anonymous friend 3 00:00:20,790 --> 00:00:24,250 Turns out she's smarter than I thought she was 4 00:00:25,620 --> 00:00:29,600 She knows I wrote it, now the whole class does too 5 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,930 And I'm alone during couple skate 6 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,260 When she skates by with some guy on her arm 7 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,730 But I know that I'll forget the look of pity in her face 8 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:48,400 When I'm living in my solar dome on a platform in space 9 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,820 Cause it's gonna be the future soon 10 00:00:51,180 --> 00:00:53,700 And I won't always be this way 11 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:58,340 When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away 12 00:00:58,340 --> 00:01:00,280 It's gonna be the future soon 13 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,250 I've never seen it quite so clear 14 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:09,380 And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here 15 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,800 I'll probably be some kind of scientist 16 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:27,800 Building inventions in my space lab in space 17 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,570 I'll end world hunger I'll make dolphins speak 18 00:01:32,940 --> 00:01:36,800 Work through the daytime, spend my nights and weekends 19 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,240 Perfecting my warrior robot race 20 00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:46,460 Building them one laser gun at a time 21 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,880 I will do my best to teach them 22 00:01:48,980 --> 00:01:51,290 About life and what it's worth 23 00:01:51,290 --> 00:01:55,550 I just hope that I can keep them from destroying the Earth 24 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,050 Cause it's gonna be the future soon 25 00:01:58,340 --> 00:02:00,970 And I won't always be this way 26 00:02:01,020 --> 00:02:05,430 When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away 27 00:02:05,430 --> 00:02:07,810 It's gonna be the future soon 28 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,560 I've never seen it quite so clear 29 00:02:10,820 --> 00:02:15,720 And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already 30 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,950 Here on Earth they'll wonder 31 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:24,870 As I piece by piece replace myself 32 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:29,710 And the steel and circuits will make me whole 33 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,880 But I'll still feel so alone 34 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:39,220 Until Laura calls me home 35 00:02:41,220 --> 00:02:44,960 I'll see her standing by the monorail 36 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:50,190 She'll look the same except for bionic eyes 37 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,940 She lost the real ones in the robot wars 38 00:02:55,600 --> 00:03:00,200 I'll say I'm sorry, she'll say it's not your fault 39 00:03:00,420 --> 00:03:01,910 Or is it? 40 00:03:01,910 --> 00:03:05,030 She'll eye me suspiciously 41 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,370 Hearing the whir of the servos inside 42 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,630 She will scream and try to run 43 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:15,040 But there's nowhere she can hide 44 00:03:15,420 --> 00:03:19,620 When a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot bride 45 00:03:19,620 --> 00:03:21,930 Well it's gonna be the future soon 46 00:03:22,260 --> 00:03:24,850 And I won't always be this way 47 00:03:25,060 --> 00:03:29,390 When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away 48 00:03:29,390 --> 00:03:31,480 It's gonna be the future soon 49 00:03:31,900 --> 00:03:34,560 I've never seen it quite so clear 50 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:41,460 And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here 51 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,300 There's a club If you'd like to go 52 00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:05,300 You could meet somebody Who really loves you 53 00:04:05,900 --> 00:04:08,470 So you go and you stand on your own 54 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,000 And you leave on your own 55 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,520 And you go home And you cry and you want to die 56 00:04:28,060 --> 00:04:32,370 You shut your mouth, how can you say 57 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,240 I go about things the wrong way 58 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:40,500 I am human and I need to be loved 59 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:46,340 Just like everybody else does