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Robot Girl in Human Hell

from Songs for Grownups Volume 3 by Jay Ackley

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This song is a sequel to the last track of Songs for Grownups Volume 2, 'Robo-Summoning'. Beau Alessi from Robot Princess plays lead guitar and provides some tasteful backup vocals.

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Robot girl in human hell sure has a lot to learn
Like why don’t they turn their pain receptors off
And why aren’t they made of stuff that doesn’t burn?
She wanted to learn about the past
And for all its glory why it couldn’t last
So she found her way to the underworld
Human hell, robot girl

She met a demon by a fiery lake
With the wings of a bat and the head of a snake
She said if they knew they pain that they’d be in
I simply would have chosen not to sin
Do they find relief in punishment?
Is there really such a thing as redemption?
Does agony of body make their thinking clear?
He said “I don’t know lady, I just work here”

Robot girl in human hell sure has a lot to say
Now she’s more confused in the underworld
Human hell, robot girl

She moved along and said that won’t do then
She turned around and found herself a real human
What’s it like knowing you’re irrational?
How can you even tell if you have free will?
If you change your mind is it ever on purpose?
If you sold your soul did you think it was worth it?
How come almost everything you are is fluid?
They said “I don’t know lady, I didn’t do it”

Sisyphus said you gotta keep on trying
Cassandra called and said there’s no use crying
Persephone pled don’t always take what’s offered
Tantalus taught me to enjoy the water

If there aren’t any answers to my questions
Why did I come here, what’s my lesson?
Where did I come from, how do I leave?
Heat shields up, somebody please!

From around the corner with a crooked grin
The devil said “Oh what a spot you’re in,
Your curiosity has truly floored me
And I think I could help you along with your journey
There’s only one being that’s truly to blame
And you won’t find Them in a pit of flames”
But that’s the next chapter of the story
When robot girl goes to purgatorio

Robot girl in human hell
Robot girl in human hell
She lost her way in the underworld
Human hell, robot girl.

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from Songs for Grownups Volume 3, track released November 22, 2023
Lead Guitar: Beau Alessi
robotprincess.bandcamp.com/music

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Minnesotan in Brooklyn by way of London; having a sing-song through the dystopia.

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