Isaac

[Verse 1]

He likes to sit indoors  
His muscles waste away  
Choosing algorithms over sunshine
Squandering his days  

The light he sees is artificial  
The air he sucks is stale 
Skin as bleached as paper  
A whiter shade of pale

Eyes twitching like a reptile  
As the fluorescent light flickers  
Dust in the crevices of the keyboard
Steadily growing thicker

[Chorus]

Isaac doesn't heed the warnings  
No Isaac doesn't care  
Indifferent to sunlight  
Or his eyes going square

Blissful in his ignorance  
His only defence  
He thought there could be actions  
Without consequence

[Verse 2]

His fingers begin to fragment  
Wiring starts to split the skin  
A body striving for efficiency  
Evolution from within

His pupils glaze over  
His irises flash with LED lights  
There's no stopping this transformation  
Try as he might

His teeth mesh together  
His jaw clenches shut  
A chrome sheen envelopes his skull
Now he'll never rust

His headphones begin to morph  
To his skull they fuse  
Cocooning his ears completely  
For this is their only use

He's now one with his computer  
Never needing to leave the room again
Now streamlined and sterile  
Permanently jacked in  

[Chorus]

Isaac doesn't heed the warnings  
No Isaac doesn't care  
Indifferent to sunlight  
Or his eyes going square  

Blissful in his ignorance  
His only defence  
He thought there could be actions  
Without consequence  

[Verse 3]

His mother is oblivious  
Blissfully unaware  
A tea tray in her hands  
As she starts to climb the stairs

She pushes through the door  
Into a room that is a hovel  
And is met with such a sight  
Straight from a science fiction novel

Her shrieks pierce the air  
The tea tray falls from her grip  
Her whole body shakes with horror
Trembling from toes to fingertips

[Final Chorus]

Isaac doesn't heed the warnings 
No Isaac doesn't care  
Indifferent to sunlight  
Or his eyes going square

Blissful in his ignorance  
His only defence  
He thought there could be actions  
Without consequence

If any adolescents hear this  
Who like to waste away their days  
Take heed of this graphic warning  
Go outside and play!