Better Not To Know
from Teaching a Robot to Love (Original Cast Recording) by The Doubleclicks
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MARY
So you’ve outgrown me—
How long did that take? About a day?
Now that you know other people,
I’m not the person you want in your way.
I wish I could say I’m surprised that you’re gone,
But that wouldn’t be true.
It only takes moments from meeting,
For me to learn way too much about you.
I thought knowledge would give me the answer.
I thought data would brighten tomorrow.
But I learned way too much about you,
And it’s better not to know.
I gave you life and my dreams and my home.
You were someone I loved, and something I made.
You’ve taken it all, without giving back—
I’m not even surprised that I’m being betrayed.
Mary doesn’t get an ending.
Mary doesn’t get to win.
Even if I craft the puzzle,
There is nowhere that I fit in.
They said, let people into your life.
They said, friends will show you where to go.
But you learned way too much about me,
And it’s better not to know.
So you’ve outgrown me—
How long did that take? About a day?
Now that you know other people,
I’m not the person you want in your way.
I wish I could say I’m surprised that you’re gone,
But that wouldn’t be true.
It only takes moments from meeting,
For me to learn way too much about you.
I thought knowledge would give me the answer.
I thought data would brighten tomorrow.
But I learned way too much about you,
And it’s better not to know.
I gave you life and my dreams and my home.
You were someone I loved, and something I made.
You’ve taken it all, without giving back—
I’m not even surprised that I’m being betrayed.
Mary doesn’t get an ending.
Mary doesn’t get to win.
Even if I craft the puzzle,
There is nowhere that I fit in.
They said, let people into your life.
They said, friends will show you where to go.
But you learned way too much about me,
And it’s better not to know.
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from Teaching a Robot to Love (Original Cast Recording),
released November 19, 2021
Aliza Pearl, The Doubleclicks
Aliza Pearl, The Doubleclicks
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The Doubleclicks Portland, Oregon
The Doubleclicks - Laser Malena-Webber and Aubrey Turner, also known as musical duo the Doubleclicks write songs about dinosaurs, cats, anxiety, and queer feelings on the cello and guitar, and welcome you to imagine the name of that genre. Their latest project is a musical, "Teaching a Robot to Love," which is a sci-fi story about the trans experience. ... more
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