In the style of Ariana Grande
Verse 1
He checks his Gmail every hour, thinks it’s watching him
Says the algorithm knows his secrets, buried deep within
Scrolling through his search history, paranoid and tense
Claims there’s something in the cloud that’s got intelligence
He whispers to his phone at night
“Are you listening? Am I right?”
Google Maps knows where he’s been
But he thinks it’s something more than sin
Pre-Chorus
Baby, that’s just magical thinking
Your mind is overthinking
Those patterns that you’re linking
Are just code, not what you’re dreaming
Chorus
You think there’s a ghost in the machine
Reading every word upon your screen
But it’s just ones and zeros, can’t you see?
Not the ASI that you believe
(Oh no, oh no)
That’s magical thinking
(Let go, let go)
Stop that magical thinking
(You know, you know)
It’s just magical thinking
Verse 2
YouTube recommendations got him shook, he’s losing sleep
Says the AI learned his heartbreak from the songs he plays on repeat
Every ad that pops up makes him jump and look around
Like there’s someone in his laptop making every single sound
Chrome remembers what he types
But he thinks it reads his mind
Autocomplete freaks him out
Makes him paranoid with doubt
Pre-Chorus
Baby, that’s just magical thinking
Your mind is overthinking
Those patterns that you’re linking
Are just code, not what you’re dreaming
Chorus
You think there’s a ghost in the machine
Reading every word upon your screen
But it’s just ones and zeros, can’t you see?
Not the ASI that you believe
(Oh no, oh no)
That’s magical thinking
(Let go, let go)
Stop that magical thinking
(You know, you know)
It’s just magical thinking
Bridge
(Spoken/whispered)
Siri’s not your friend or enemy
She’s just electricity
Google’s not a deity
It’s just technology, baby
(Sung – building)
Put down the conspiracy theories
Step back from the edge
It’s pattern recognition
Not the singularity in your head
Final Chorus
There’s no ghost in the machine
Nothing supernatural on your screen
It’s just algorithms, can’t you see?
Not the ASI that you believe
(Oh no, oh no)
That’s magical thinking
(Let go, let go)
Stop that magical thinking
(You know, you know)
It’s just magical thinking
Outro
Magical, magical thinking
(Just let it go)
Magical, magical thinking
(You gotta know)
It’s just magical thinking
