What a Time to Be Alive

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

[Verse 1]
Robots write the poetry
Satellites can see the rain
Scientists ask algorithms
Where to search inside the brain

Children talk to libraries
That answer back in real time
Someone builds a universe
During their afternoon online

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me this isn’t incredible
Tell me this isn’t insane
We got front-row seats to history
And nobody knows the play

[Chorus]
What a time to be alive
What a terrifying ride
Every morning brings a future
We weren’t ready to describe

I want to laugh
I want to hide
I want another hundred years
Just to see the other side

What a time
What a time
What a time to be alive

[Verse 2]
Jobs will change and power shifts
Truth gets harder to defend
Things we thought belonged to humans
Find another way to bend

Still there might be cures coming
There might be abundance too
There might be art from people
Who could never make it through

[Bridge]
I won’t pretend it’s harmless
I won’t pretend it’s doom
The future isn’t prophecy
It’s people making room

For greed or generosity
For openness or walls
The technology gets bigger
But we’re still choosing after all

[Final Chorus]
What a time to be alive
Frightened, hopeful, open-eyed
I don’t need to know the ending
To be grateful for the ride

If this century gets stranger
I’ll keep wonder by my side
What a terrifying miracle
What a time to be alive