A song about taking apart other people's inventions, figuring out how they work and then releasing your own version that is in some way better.
See genetic modification of food, Japanese lawsuit guitars, algorithms for working out the perfect pop song, the phone industry...
lyrics
well i saw what you did
and i must admit
i was amazed by it all
so i tore it to bits
dissected it
for days and days in a row
then it crystalised
my synthetic replication of whats already been perfectly designed
Now I can do it better than you.
well i heard about
your certain sound
that's drivin' em wild
so i got it home
on a little microphone
and loaded it in the device
well it analysed
out a clever little formula
ill never in a thousand years provide
Now i can do it better than you
Some of us dont
have time for original thought
Just stand on the shoulders
of giants before
but that's my intention
i take your invention
and break it all down
to their parts
and make one exactly the same
with a catchier name
that's faster and lighter and small
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