Almost Human Lyrics

She is almost human, almost sentient machine

Computers keep her all in tact and see her through the day

Situation monitored, adjustments made in time

She cannot tell me what is real; her touch is one of coldest steel

Once upon a time she used to take me by the hand

A kiss upon a child's cheek

Secure from danger's reach

There's problematic data now

It may have gone too far

Circuits pushed to overload

Heartbeat nearing monotone

Mary Jane, what's happened to you

Can't we put you back the way you (Were)

How did you expect us all to go on as if nothing tragic ever happens

Mary Jane, why don't you signal

Can't you hear a single word I say

She never was one to complain, but now she never speaks

She used to pick the gypsy mushrooms along the forest path

Now she lies alone and stares up at the whitewashed walls

Mary Jane just please wake up and stay with me a few more years

Vital signs begin to spark

A flicker in the waiting dark

Her eyes begin to blink again

A smile spreads across the lips

I kiss the warming fingertips

She takes my hand and winks at me

I fall down on my knees

She is almost human, and I visit once a week

Her voice a painful whisper of those many years ago

She asks me why we brought her back when her soul had nearly flown

She gazes at the monitors, countdown to returning home

Mary Jane, what happened to you

Can't they put you back the way you

How did you survive to come back in from all the pouring rain

Mary Jane, what happened to you when you closed your eyes and went to sleep