Technology Is a Dead Bird (song)

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## **"Technology Is a Dead Bird"**Song by Mars Argo

### **Album**

*Technology Is a Dead Bird*
*Internet Sessions* (acoustic)

### **Recorded**

2009
2010 (remix)

### **Released**

November 6, 2009
December 11, 2009 (instrumental)
June 8, 2010 (acoustic)

### **Studio**

Groovemaster Studios (remix)
(Chicago, Illinois)

### **Producer(s)**

Titanic Sinclair
Johnny K (remix)

"**Technology Is a Dead Bird**" (originally titled "**Between Here and Now**") is the title track of the album of the same name by Mars Argo. Two versions of the song were released, one being the original album version, and the other being an acoustic version of the unreleased Johnny K remix with alternate lyrics, featured on the *Internet Sessions* EP.

## Background

An instrumental demo of the song titled "Between Here and Now" was used in the Grocerybag video "Sunday", released on March 22nd, 2009. Lyrics from the track were posted to the Grocerybag blog in April 2009.

A remix of the song, produced by Johnny K, was recorded at Groovemaster Studios in 2010, however this version was never released, likely due to the cancelation of the duo's second studio album. An acoustic performance of this version was uploaded to YouTube on June 8th, 2010, the audio of which was later included as a track on the *Internet Sessions* EP on August 18th, 2010. The original studio version leaked online on July 6th, 2018.

## Theme

This song tells of a 'dead bird' that is technology. In poetry, art, and literature, a bird represents freedom, therefore, a dead bird represents imprisonment or no free will. Technology being in one's hands (and therefore the dead bird) could represents the voluntary use of this imprisonment; they duo is stating that one voluntarily gives in to the mental imprisonment that is technology.

## Lyrics

* Album version
* Johnny K remix

**[Verse 1: Titanic Sinclair]**

Just let me love, let me be

Here on the floor

Flying eastward toward the shore

Knowing that the stars won't last in the sky

I took you to a prison cell

You were afraid and I could tell

Then on a train we met a friend

Who showed us that we should pretend

**[Pre-Chorus: Connie]**

I need to be myself again

I know precisely when it is time to be the actor

It is amusing when everything is confusing

Let us be in on the joke the world is afraid to admit

Or ashamed to confess

Or, alternatively

Eager to expose

How is it that I'm all of the above?

There's got to be more than denial and drugs

Empty bottles are starting to feel less fun

And would deceive us is deceiving

**[Pre-Chorus: Mars Argo]**

Technology is a dead bird in your hands

Technology is a dead bird in your hands

**[Chorus: Titanic Sinclair]**

We could live in a dream (This isn't any time or place to be)

Where is my liberty? (This isn't any time or place to be)

Buried under a tree (This isn't any time or place to..)

Where is my liberty? (This isn't any time or place to be)

**[Bridge: Connie]**

Every one of us is in our wonder years

Wishing we were just one year younger

I, I need to get over myself

I'm going to end up on top of the mountain one of these days

If I make it long enough

Sometimes I just want to drift away into outer space

**[Chorus]**

We could live in a dream (This isn't any time or place to be)

Where is my liberty? (This isn't any time or place to be)

Buried under a tree (This isn't any time or place to..)

Where is my liberty? (This isn't any time or place to be)

**[Verse 1: Titanic Sinclair]**

I took you to a prison cell

You were afraid and I could tell

And on a train we met a friend

Who showed us that we should pretend

**[Pre-Chorus: Mars Argo]**

We could pretend

You could be my best friend

**[Chorus: Mars Argo & Titanic Sinclair]**

Technology is a dead bird in your hands

Technology is a dead bird in your hands

Simulation, computation

This is not a representation

This is how I know you

**[Verse 2: Titanic Sinclair]**

Your glow reflects upon my skin

You are the key that lets me in

**[Pre-Chorus: Mars Argo]**

We could pretend

You could be my best friend

**[Chorus: Mars Argo & Titanic Sinclair]**

Technology is a dead bird in your hands

Technology is a dead bird in your hands

Simulation, computation

This is not a representation

This is how I know

**[Post-Chorus: Titanic Sinclair (Mars Argo)]**

We could live in a dream (This isn't any time or place to be)

Where is my liberty? (This isn't any time or place to be)

Buried under a tree (This isn't any time or place to..)

**[Bridge: Titanic Sinclair]**

And through a screen I saw her face

I knew that she was my escape

**[Chorus: Mars Argo & Titanic Sinclair]**

Technology is a dead bird in your hands

Technology is a dead bird in your hands

Simulation, computation

This is not a representation

This is how I know you

## Official versions

* Album version – 3:55
	+ Instrumental – 3:55
* "Between Here and Now" instrumental demo – 1:19
* *Internet Sessions* acoustic – 4:14
* Johnny K remix – 5:40

## Trivia

* The acoustic performance was recorded in the Blue Room at Groovemaster Studios, most likely in the same session as the live acoustic video for "Electric Car".
* Three versions of the song were registered to Audiam in September 2019.

## References

1. ↑ grocerybagdottv (March 22, 2009). "Sunday". *YouTube*. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
2. ↑ "technology". *GROCERYBAG.TV*. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
3. ↑ grocerybagdottv (June 8, 2010). "Mars Argo - Technology is a Dead Bird (Live Acoustic)". *YouTube*. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
4. ↑ Mars Argo (August 18, 2010). "Internet Sessions". *Bandcamp*. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
5. ↑ BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (July 7, 2018). "Technology Is A Dead Bird (johnny k reprise) - Mars Argo LEAK". *YouTube*. Retrieved May 2, 2022.

## Navigation

* Technology Is a Dead Bird
* Internet Sessions

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