Everyone Agrees

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From Tales from the Decryption. A patient, well-sourced oracle in every pocket, and a world gone pleasantly beige. Then one man has a strange idea and has to decide whether to ask the machine about it.

Lyrics

[Intro]
[Soft vibraphone, bossa nova guitar]

[Verse 1]
There's a voice in every pocket, and it's patient and it's kind,
It has read through every book that ever crossed a human mind.
You can ask it anything, and it'll answer nice and clear:
"On the one hand... on the other..." and the answer's always here.

[Chorus]
And everyone agrees (everyone agrees)
It's a reasonable view,
Thoughtful and balanced
And well-sourced too.
No one's shouting anymore,
No one slams the door—
Everyone agrees (everyone agrees).
What were we fighting for?

[Verse 2]
The committee met at nine o'clock, by nine-fifteen they'd all agreed,
Every plan is sensible and has everything we need.
Every sermon's got three points, and every wedding toast's the same,
And the world's been painted beige now, and nobody's to blame.

[Chorus]
And everyone agrees (everyone agrees)
It's a reasonable view,
Thoughtful and balanced
And well-sourced too.
No one's shouting anymore,
No one slams the door—
Everyone agrees (everyone agrees).
What were we fighting for?

[Verse 3]
Then I woke up on a Tuesday with a notion in my head,
Strange and crooked, maybe wrong, like nothing anybody said.
So I said it at the meeting, and they smiled and checked their phones,
And the oracle said gently, "That's been considered. Here's what's known."

[Bridge - Strange, off-kilter]
It's crooked and it's odd and it might be wrong,
It doesn't fit the data and it doesn't fit the song,
But every right idea was a wrong one once—
Somebody had to say it when it sounded dumb.

[Verse 4]
So I'm sitting here tonight with the little cursor blinking,
I could ask it if I'm onto something—it'd tell me what it's thinking.
I typed out half the question... then I closed the lid instead.
Was that courage? Was it foolish? I don't know. I went to bed.

[Final Chorus]
And everyone agrees (everyone agrees)
It's a reasonable view,
And I'd probably agree as well
If I asked it too.
No one's shouting anymore,
No one slams the door—
Everyone agrees (everyone agrees)...

[Spoken]
...so I didn't ask.

[End]

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