Canción titular y primer single del octavo álbum de estudio (2017) de Jamiroquai.
El vídeo, dirigido por Charlie Lightening (Arcade Fire, Bjork) con dirección creativa del líder de la banda, Jay Kay, es un ejemplo de cine negro novel y ciencia ficción. Se estrena el mismo día del lanzamiento de la canción, el 27 de enero de 2017.
Jay Kay: "Automaton está inspirado en el alza de la inteligencia artificial y de la tecnología en nuestro mundo actual y en como los seres humanos empiezan a olvidar las cosas más satisfactorias, sencillas y relevantes de la vida y nuestro entorno, incluyendo nuestras relaciones con las demás personas".
Letra
[Estrofa 1]
In my love
Every heart is beating
I'm all love
Can't you feel me feeling?
Take my hand
Cold like a junkie
I'm an ice cold man
(I'm an ice cold man)
Why am I crying for you?
[Estribillo]
All this love I felt for you
Has gone away to another place
(It's a digital life)
I put my faith in a digital world
Where they've given me
Eyes without a face
I stare at the the moon on silver nights
Remind myself I am someone
My soul is null and void tonight
I'm automaton
[Estrofa 2]
I'm so tough
Can't you see me running?
See, I can touch
Can you feel me coming?
I see the world
In claws of freedom
These metal eyes, they can't disguise
The fact that I
Need something to believe in
But they're not crying for you
[Estribillo 2]
I said goodbye to the world I knew
And took off into inner space
(It's a digital life)
Weren't you the ones who promised me
A very different place?
I power up, get my program set
And turn my head toward the sun
Inside I know, I'm null and void
I'm automaton
[Puente]
Automaton
Automaton
Automaton
Automaton
Hey, you got me down underground
Gettin' holed up in my cyber lounge
As if I had time to break that down
(Automaton)
Whatever you can do I can override it
Got a million ways to synthesize it
Digital android, I can fight it
Fight it out
Automaton (It's a digital life)
Automaton (Digital life)
Automaton (A digital life)
Automaton
[Estribillo 3]
Feel like a man who fell to earth
But this is not where I belong
They rule my life from a metal box
That's windowless
And I wonder where it all goes wrong
Maybe this dream will stay alive
But can the madness be undone?
Am I the new intelligence?
[Salida]
I'm automaton
I'm automaton
I'm automaton
I'm automaton
I'm automaton
I'm automaton
I'm automaton
It's a digital life
It's a digital life
You know I need something I can hold onto, hold onto
(You were all I knew)
(I'm automaton)
I need something
I can hold onto, hold onto
(This was all I knew)
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