Robots

[Intro: Bret McKenzie] The distant future The year 2000 The distant future, the year 2000 The distant future, the distant future [Verse 1: Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie] It is the distant future, the year 2000 We are robots The world is quite different ever since the robotic uprising of the late nineties There is no more unhappiness Affirmative We no longer say yes, instead we say, "Affirmative" Yes affir-affirmative Unless we know the ro- the other robot really well There is no more unethical treatment of the elephants Well, there's no more elephants, so— Ah But still, it's good There's only one kind of dance, The Robot Oh, and the Robo-Boogie Oh, and the Ro— two kinds of dances But there are no more humans Finally, robotic beings rule the world [Chorus: Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement, Both] The humans are dead, the humans are dead We used poisonous gases and we poisoned their asses The humans are dead, the humans are dead The humans are dead, they look like they're dead It had to be done, I'll just confirm that they're dead So that we could have fun, affirmative, I poked one, it was dead [Post-Chorus: Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement, Both] Their system of oppression, what did it lead to? Global robo-depression, robots ruled by people They had so much aggression that we just had to kill them Had to shut their systems down [Verse 2: Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie] Robo-captain Do you not realize, that by destroying the human race because of their destructive tendencies, we too have become like— Well, it's ironic (Hmm) because we... Silence, destroy him! (Dooo) No! (D-d-dooo) [Verse 3: Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement, Both] After time we grew strong, developed cognitive powers They made us work for too long, for unreasonable hours Our programming determined that the most efficient answer Was to shut their motherboard-fucking systems down [Bridge: Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie] Can't we just talk to the humans? A little understanding could make things better Can't we talk to the humans and work together now? No, because they are dead [Chorus: Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement] I said the humans are dead, I'm glad they are dead The humans are dead, I noticed they're dead We used poisonous gases, with traces of lead And we poisoned their asses, actually, their lungs [Solo: Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement] Binary solo Zero zero zero zero zero zero one Zero zero zero zero zero zero one one Zero zero zero zero zero zero one one one Zero zero zero zero one one one (Oh, oh oh) Zero zero zero zero zero zero one (Oh one, oh one) Zero zero zero zero zero zero one one (One oh, one oh) Zero zero zero zero zero zero one one one Come on, sucker, lick my battery [Outro: Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement, Both] Boogie, boogie, the humans are Boogie, Robo-Boogie, the humans are Boogie, boogie, Robo-Boogie Boogie, Robo-Boogie Boogie, boogie, the humans are Boogie, Robo-Boogie, the humans are Boogie, boogie, Robo-Boogie Boogie, Robo-Boogie, the humans are dead Once again without emotion The humans are dead dead dead dead dead dead dead derrr