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"Sad Machine" is the second track and second single from Porter Robinson's debut studio album, Worlds. It features uncredited vocals from AVANNA, an English VOCALOID.

Background[]

Robinson based the song off an idea of a duet between a lonely robot girl and a human boy who finds her. With little time left before he had to turn in Worlds, he chose to sing the male parts of the song while AVANNA—who also sings on "Fresh Static Snow" and "Goodbye to a World"—sang the female parts.[1]

Lyrics[]

[AVANNA]
Is anyone there?
Oh, hi!

Who survived? Somebody new?
Anyone else but you
On a lonely night was a blinding light
A hundred leaders would be borne of you

[Porter Robinson]
And though I know, since you've awakened her again
She depends on you, she depends on you!
She'll go alone, and never speak of this again
We depend on you, we depend on you!

[both]
And though I know, since you've awakened her again
She depends on you, she depends on you!
She'll go alone, and never speak of this again
We depend on you, we depend...

[AVANNA]
I'll depend on you!

Hi!

I don't know much about your life beyond these walls
The fleeting sense of love within these God-forsaken halls

[both]
And you can hear it in his voice, in every call
This girl who's slept a hundred years had something after all

[Porter Robinson]
And though I know, since you've awakened her again
She depends on you, she depends on you!

[AVANNA]
I'll go alone, and never speak of you again
We depend on you, we depend on you

[both]
And though I know, since you've awakened her again
She depends on you, she depends on you
She'll go alone, and never speak of this again
We depend on you, we depend on you

And though I know, since you've awakened her again
She depends on you, she depends on you
She'll go alone, and never speak of this again
We depend on you, we depend...

[AVANNA]
I'll depend on you!

Hi!

Videos[]

The song's lyric video was released on May 21, 2014, via PorterRobinsonVEVO.

References[]

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