The Golden Age

A G D/F# A G D/F# A G D/F# G G/F# G/E A G G/F# G/E A A G D/F# They say this is the Golden Age A G D/F# Video Millennium A G D/F# Tidings from the self-made media sage G G/F# G/E A Tickings of the bi - o - bomb A G D/F# Jet-set etiquette consciousness A G D/F# Mono-syllabic good-byes A G D/F# No one cares about no one else G G/F# G/E A We’re so used to the capi-tal "I" D/F# G The Golden Age (electric Ne - anderthal) D/F# G The Golden Age (the digital mortality) D/F# G C/G E The Golden Age, nothing really changes in the Golden Age A G D/F# They say this is the Golden Age A G D/F# In which both virtue and flaw A G D/F# And the entire human element G G/F# G/E A Are effects of quan-tum laws A G D/F# Deep in the wells of the centrifuge A G D/F# The spectrum of the soul is mined A G D/F# It seems we know ourselves too well G G/F# G/E A But don’t like what we find D/F# G The Golden Age (electric Ne - anderthal) D/F# G The Golden Age (the digital mortality) D/F# G C/G E The Golden Age, nothing really changes in the Golden Age A G D/F# A G D/F# A G D/F# G G/F# G/E A G G/F# G/E A A G D/F# Well, they say this is the Golden Age A G D/F# We’ve got tapes of the truth in drag A G D/F# We’ve got thermographs of the fires in Hell G G/F# G/E A And renderings of the cos - mic bang A G D/F# And if this is the Golden Age A G D/F# Are we no longer human beings? A G D/F# Are we civilization’s afterbirth? G G/F# G/E A Some kind of flesh and blood ma - chine C G C E The Golden Age, the Golden Age Ending as intro but repeat G G/F# G/E A sequence thrice