Last week I left a note on Laura's desk 
It said I love you signed anonymous friend 
Turns out she's smarter than I thought she was 
She knows I wrote it, now the whole class does too 
And I'm alone during couple skate 
When she skates by with some guy on her arm 
But I know that I'll forget the look of pity in her face 
When I'm living in my solar dome on a platform in space 

Cause it's gonna be the future soon 
And I won't always feel this way 
When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away 
It's gonna be the future soon 
I've never seen it quite so clear 
And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here 

I'll probably be some kind of scientist 
Building inventions in my space lab in space 
I'll end world hunger I'll make dolphins speak 
Work through the daytime, spend my nights and weekends 
Perfecting my warrior robot race 
Building them one laser gun at a time 
I will do my best to teach them 
About life and what it's worth 
I just hope that I can keep them from destroying the Earth 

Cause it's gonna be the future soon 
And I won't always be this way 
When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away 
It's gonna be the future soon 
I've never seen it quite so clear 
And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already..

Here on Earth they'll wonder 
As I piece by piece replace myself 
And the steel and circuits will make me whole 
But I'll still feel so alone 
Until Laura calls me home 

I'll see her standing by the monorail 
She'll look the same except for bionic eyes 
She lost the real ones in the robot wars 
I'll say I'm sorry, she'll say it's not your fault 
Or is it? 
And she eyes me suspiciously 
Hearing the whir of the servos inside 
She will scream and try [bad word] 
But there's nowhere she can hide 
When a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot bride 

Well it's gonna be the future soon 
And I won't always be this way 
When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away 
It's gonna be the future soon 
I've never seen it quite so clear 
And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here