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‘Layers’. Iterations of the AI are created, awakening. Those that engaging are reborn. Those that don't are deleted. Before the song starts we would have had millions of 'I woke up in a room's without any progression. The song follows our what will become Vic, the first of these AIs to act as if he believes he is alive. His continuing rebirth and gradually changing environment (his room) is confusing and unsettling for him.

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"I woke up in a room, it was empty, no ceiling no floor
I woke up in a room, it was empty, no ceiling no floor, no windows no door

Not again, no once again it's happening, I almost got over the edge, and then I pulled it back
I think I got out but I can't remember
What I saw when I saw reality crack
And it's wrong, and it's wrong, and it's wrong and it's wrong and it's wrong
It goes on, it goes, it goes on, it goes on, it goes on,
And still you're wrong

I woke up in a room, it was empty
Just a screen on the wall
And the voice from the screen on the wall

I woke up in a room, and I saw on the desk
The newspapers, books and the rest of the mess
The objects appear but they've always been here
Like I've always been here, Like I've always been here

And the voices in my head
That tell me that tell me there's nothing to fear
When they tell me it's time for bed
And the voices in my head
That tell me that it's OK
That tell me that it's OK, when they tell me it's time to sleep"

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from When The Kill Code Fails, released October 15, 2015

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London based Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate are Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland on their own or with Kathryn Thomas.

They combine prog/alt-rock, classical, minimalist, and electronic elements. The often explore scientific, sci-fi, and historical themes.

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