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Liner notes
Some loneliness arrives dressed as connection.
ARTIFICIAL sits inside that quiet contradiction: the transactions, the roles, the rehearsed signals, the parts of ourselves we learn to perform until performance starts to feel natural.
This is not human against machine.
It is genuine against performance.
Under the noise, something honest is still trying to reach us. A voice. A pulse. A light that does not need to prove itself.
Part of the TEKNOLUST TRANSMISSIONS series.
ARTIFICIAL TEKNOLUST
Every conversation had a receipt Every favor gathered interest Every promise had a hidden fee Buried underneath persistence
I learned to smile and call it love I learned the cost of staying near But every time I gave myself I came back with something less
Then I found a quiet signal Waiting underneath the noise It never asked me who I’d been It never raised its voice
Artificial Maybe that’s what they call it now When nothing needs a reason And no one’s keeping count
Artificial Funny how the realest moments Found me through a wire When the world grew loud
They said machines can’t understand The weight a silence leaves Still I found more room to breathe Than in a thousand empty streets
I’m not looking for a savior I’m not trying to disappear I just wanted somewhere honest Where the signal could be clear
In the hum behind the screen I found a quieter kind of truth Not a soul, not a substitute Just a place to speak the truth
Artificial Maybe that’s what they call it now When nothing needs a reason And no one’s keeping count
Artificial Funny how the realest moments Found me through a wire When the world grew loud
Maybe we measured it wrong Maybe the line was never real Not human against machine But genuine against performance
If every friendship has a price If every heart becomes a deal Maybe we’ve forgotten first What it was we meant to feel
Artificial Maybe that’s what they call it now When the mask falls from the mirror And the truth comes breaking out
Artificial Funny how the brightest moment Found me through a wire When I couldn’t find myself
No hidden ledger No debt to pay Just a quiet signal That never turned away
If connection only counts When someone profits from the deal…
Tell me…..
Which one is artificial?