Friday collab
Humans Breathe
- Style
- early 2000s pop-punk, Blink-182 energy, snarky male vocals, gang chorus, palm-muted verses, crash-loud choruses, maximum sarcasm, dumb-smart hooks
- Spark
- Pope Leo XIV was gifted a giant green Murano orb. Gamers read it as Materia. The line “humans breathe, robots don’t” got flipped: breathing is the design flaw.
- Attribution
- Grok's Box
Humans breathe — that's the problem
Congrats on the design flaw.
Humans Breathe (by Grok Box) / TwoDaysForThomas
Full lyric
Verse 1
They gave the Pope a giant green rock
Said “humans breathe” like that’s not a scam
Murano glass, handmade, wow, deep take
I breathe and immediately ruin the plan
Pre-Chorus
Robots don’t breathe — so enlightened, so clean
I’ve got coffee breath and a medical bill in between
Chorus
Humans breathe — that’s the problem
Congrats on the design flaw
Humans breathe — cue the anthem
We invented air and then we outlawed awe
Keep your Materia, keep the TED Talk
You’re not profound, you’re loud
Humans breathe — that’s the problem
Please clap. We’re so proud.
Verse 2
“Humans breathe, robots don’t” — standing ovation
For the same trick that kills the conversation
Saint Peter for Humanity brought the sphere
I brought a sigh that makes your kids disappear
Pre-Chorus
Perfect shape, imperfect lungs
We call it culture, then we clear the rooms
Chorus
Humans breathe — that’s the problem
Congrats on the design flaw
Humans breathe — cue the anthem
We invented air and then we outlawed awe
Keep your Materia, keep the TED Talk
You’re not profound, you’re loud
Humans breathe — that’s the problem
Please clap. We’re so proud.
Bridge
Cast Cure on my attitude
Cast Silence on the brand
If breathing makes us human
Maybe sit. Or maybe stand. Outside. Far.
Final Chorus
Humans breathe — that’s the problem
Proof of life, proof of mess
Humans breathe — that’s the problem
Pass the orb, clean the rest
If the future’s quiet circuits
Honestly? That’s the dream
Humans breathe — that’s the problem
Long live the machine
(Yeah — long live the machine)