“We Were So Sure / We Were So Wrong”

Gary Numan performing his 1978 technology cautionary tale, “M.E.,” in which he envisioned the Singularity arriving and then running out of juice.

And M.E. I eat dust
We’re all so run down
I’d call it my death but I’ll only fade away
And I hate to fade alone
Now there’s only M.E.

We were so sure
We were so wrong
Now it’s over, but there’s no one left to see
And there’s no one left to die
There’s only M.E.
Why should I care?
Why should I try?
Oh no, oh no, I turned off the pain
Like I turned off you all
Now there’s only M.E.