Lyrics in Progress

This is one of my early songs. A song about the internet hype when the world-wide-web was taking off. Its text was inspired by a programming colleague who was more impressed by the many fanciful features of the web technology rather than their functionality.

virtual life

you've browsed the web
since must've been ages
reality is far away
trash to download
and banner ads
right there to wash your stupid brain

clicking through a virtual world
eating virtual Burgers in your virtual life
chatting with a virtual girl
not knowing whether you have got the gender right
spending all your time
clicking though the net
hanging on the line
you're getting what you get
you're living in a virtual world

is it dark or light?
do you really know?
or have you lost your sense of time?
what kind of site?
is it multimedia?
or is it just commercial slime?

clicking through a virtual world
eating virtual Burgers in your virtual life
chatting with a virtual girl
not knowing whether you have got the gender right
lost in space and time
caught within the net
sharing private thoughts
with one you've never met
you're living in a virtual world

is it day or night?
how could you tell
spending all your time in the world wide web?
does it work out right?
do you feel the spell?
or is it time to quit it yet?

clicking through a virtual world
eating virtual Burgers in your virtual life
chatting with a virtual girl
not knowing whether you have got the gender right
(you're) wasting half your youth
spending all your cash
mistaking lies for truth
devouring virtual trash
you're living in a virtual world