Wolfgang Amadeus Ex Machina

I wonder how much bigger Shenzhen coulda been
If Deng Xiaoping drank Monster Energy
The Kowloon walled city would have welcomed me
I'd woulda had run best dumpling joint Guangdong'd ever seen
The mistake i made was using Face ID
Now Siri knows I lost the genetic lottery
And if I fuck up my life and drive myself to wits end
My AI will only Ever see me as a friend

Where does life end and original thought start?
My whole childhood I thought I was the next Mozart
But if he was so smart, better than his friends?
How come I'm still alive, and he's in the grave dead?
The consent given to genius is fickle like the sun
One day it warms you, then burns you for fun
And if you criticise, you get met with everyone
Telling you it's just nature, nothing can be done
Yet we give them our wallets, our newspapers, our screens
Trust them to save us, fulfill all our dreams
The hands for piano are now hands on computer keys
Which log all our thoughts, and rewrite our scenes
And so you play the fool, grasping at straws
Convincing yourself it's the fault of the poor
But you too have an iPhone, just like them all

I'd have more respect if you just came clean
And admitted it was about money and chasing a dream
That's got nothing to do with policing my tone
That you only care about giving your children a home
And who am I to blame if you want comfort over strife
Mao didn't fight to hear things go bump in the night
But you sold us all to the Silicon freaks
Who bring you this music on an app so sleek
I hope intersection of genius and misanthropy won't last
I yearn for a time when art can be just art
And the performer would vanish after touching the keys
Amadeus Ex Machina, a wind amongst the breeze