THE SNAKE IS IN THE APPLE Datalove #4
I am convinced of something: it is only by appropriating technology
that we will be able to master it and therefore be free.
Because the opposite means we will be mastered by technology
and therefore controled by it.
This is Apple's model in which all devices are tied to software, to products, to things,
you cannot get out of it. Once you set a foot into it, you cannot get out of it...¨
It is a wonderful world Sensual and easy
Full of colours and games With tactile pleasures
A world where corners are rounded That takes us by the hand
To guide our emotions Come, all is gonna be fine
Don't go there, don't go there Don't bite Apple's comm(unication)
Don't go there, don't go there The snake is in the apple!
Don't go there, don't go there Don't bite Apple's comm(unication)
Don't go there, don't go there The snake is in the apple!
Can you hear as an echo A familiar voice
That whispers behind your back And tells you what to do?
Little by little you invest In all these screens
From the biggest to the smallest All becomes tempting...
It's a world that will wither In obsolescence
An extra-thin universe That fools our senses
Still brand new, already over In its sealed-up shell
It's a world where the battery Dies with its thing
Don't go there, don't go there Don't bite Apple's comm(unication)
Don't go there, don't go there The snake is in the apple!
Don't go there, don't go there Don't bite Apple's comm(unication)
Don't go there, don't go there The snake is in the apple!
At night before sleeping Always a bit too late
In the morning not yet awake Upon first glance
iThingies, iThingummies And iThinumbobs
Being sold to sleepwalkers Like iCupcakes
To ensure your comfort The serpent chooses
Little by little it bites you Its venom is acting
In the subway in the bus The nose in a hole
We see more and more people Not seeing anything anymore
Don't go there, don't go there Don't bite Apple's comm(unication)
Don't go there, don't go there The snake is in the apple!
Don't go there, don't go there Don't bite Apple's comm(unication)
Don't go there, don't go there The snake is in the apple!
Maybe one day at least Eve and Adam
Would meet a lovely Gnu Who would chase the snake away
Maybe then they would Throw away their iPhones
And without any remorse the Gnu will bite the Apple!