can't prove nothin'

click click click

the sound the metal makes

thump thump thump

the sound my heart makes

                                                                   i'm a self destructive machine

i'm made of stainless steel and i still rust in the sun

i've been forged to make others happy, but i can't even do that for myself

i'm a failed experiment

an inventors plan A

a robot tossed in a box and thrown carelessly in the attic

with a dying battery and a bent antennae

that's having a hard time picking up society's signals

turns out my blueprints didn't pass the visual test 

i was the paradigm to be rendered useful

but they made a better version of me

and put it on the cover of vogue magazine

looks like the newest model was a success

they'll be making duplicates of her

as long as they fix any systematic errors 

tick tock tick tock

the clock in me that tells me the time i have left

i can hear it ticking now 

reminding me i didn't come with a lifetime warranty

and if i break i'm broken for good

so you better stamp the words fragile on the box

before you shove me in the attic

and turn off the lights