Obsolete Absolute

It is inevitable He becomes obsolete because the things that define him become obsolete These things are part of who he is And now they are irrelevant: typewriters Cursive handwriting, dictionaries, encyclopedias Landlines, operators, payphones, mail Conversation, touch, sympathy, empathy, love, privacy Pleased to meet you in the grey Swinging slowly in the hang All together on the beat New machines are coming primed Seasons change and combine Starving bees on dying vines Revelations in your mind Dark and then on fire Obsolete, absolutely Absolute, obsolete I'm hanging by my testimony I expire All I've known Obsolete, absolute Run Running, running far behind Faster, faster borrowed time Heretics has lost its mind We are undefined Obsolete, absolutely Absolute, obsolete Hanging on, upon nostalgia Antiquated All we've known Obsolete, absolute Swinging men on a tree Weighted bags of debris Their survival contingent on their empathy They aren't anything but prey Tradition, convention, lineage, morality Compassion, eye contact, history, family We aren't anything but prey All the tools taken away All the words we used to say Salutations, courtesies Mama, papa, got to see Mama, papa, save me Obsolete, absolutely Absolute, obsolete Hanging on our testimonies We expire All we really know We're not anything but prey Obsolete, obsolete, (absolute), absolutely (absolute) Obsolete (obsolete), absolute, absolutely