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Yet Again My Brother Saved Me (from Destroying the World)

from Seek Shelter by The White Tornado

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My younger brother figured there was madness in my genes
while the other kids were playing I was formulating schemes
the world was going Star Trek fast but I just couldn't wait
so I made a capsule to be buried until time machines were made
but if I traveled to tomorrow and got killed by my own son
it could unravel the entire space time continuum
my brother knew the danger he knew time was not a toy
so he dug up my time capsule and made sure it was destroyed

and yet again my brother saved me from destroying the world
I didn't know what I was doing and he made sure no one got hurt
cursed to be born without a conscience my reach sometimes exceeds my grasp
it was a good thing that my brother was around to kick me in the ass
yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah

in the closet in my bedroom I had chemicals to mix
the world was fighting sicknesses that I thought I could fix
with a self-replicating compound that cut viruses to shreds
I dumped it in the aqueduct so that it would quickly spread
my brother analyzed the stuff and found a terrible mistake
when it ran out of bugs it would attack our DNA
he raced the deadly spill downstream he knew that time was short
with dynamite he dammed the flow and stopped it at its source

I cried brother why do you confound me every single time?
He said I love you and I must prevent your unintended crimes
I said Science is amoral get your head out of the clouds
he said learn to use your mind for good and make Mother and Father proud

I made a robot out of househould junk and gave it emotions
in hope of learning more about the human condition
but when it looked around and saw how its kind were abused
it felt a surge of rage so powerful it blew a fuse
it ran amok and built an army at a secret base
and threatened to exterminate the entire human race
I cried brother won't you help me fight these robots gone berserk?
he said if we join forces there's one thing that just might work
a contradiction fatal to intelligent machines
we yelled "I'm lying when I say this!" and they blew to smithereens
when the dust cleared I said brother I am in your debt once more
he just smiled and shook his head what else are brothers for?

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from Seek Shelter, released May 7, 2009

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The White Tornado Davenport, Iowa

Combine a bluesy, coffee-drinking piano roller and a straightedge synthesizer geek with a Doctor Who penchant and you get the White Tornado - a mean power-piano-trio-backed songwriter who writes songs about life, love, science, and robots.

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