Name: The Future Never Arrives
Duration: P00H03M18S
Description: A song about how AI and nuclear fusion were "thirty years away" when I was five years old and they're still "thirty years away" now that I'm 62. The future is harder to bring about than most people realise.

The Future Never Arrives

from The Future Never Arrives by Chris Harris

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A song about how AI and nuclear fusion were "thirty years away" when I was five years old and they're still "thirty years away" now that I'm 62. The future is harder to bring about than most people realise.

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Nuclear fusion and flying cars
Easy access to the stars
Anti-gravity, Strong AI
Haven't happened; I wonder why?

Wishing for the Moon
Thinking change is coming soon

The future never arrives
Our sense of time
Has gone astray
Yet optimism survives
Good luck
Is only a day away

Fame and fortune, true romance
Winning at a game of chance
Ruling by the grace of God
I never want to know the odds

Getting to escape the curse
Ancient destiny reversed
Satisfaction; peace at last
We never notice 'til they've passed

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from The Future Never Arrives, released November 2, 2022

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Chris Harris Bristol, UK

I'm still trying to get the music I record to sound like the version I can hear in my head. To do this I've ended up playing every instrument I can get my hands on. These days, I'm closer to "That Sound" than I used to be, but the journey continues.

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