Virtual Insanity – English Lyrics

• By: Jamiroquai

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the prescient message of Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity," a song that warned against the perils of technology long before the digital age fully took hold. Through its funky rhythms and iconic visuals, this track offers a unique lens for understanding the impact of technology on society and human connection. Discover how the song's innovative use of language and imagery encourages reflection on our relationship with the virtual world and what it means to live authentically .

[English]

♪ What we're living in ♪

♪ Let me tell ya ♪

♪ Yeah, it's a wonder man can eat at all ♪

♪ When things are big that should be small ♪

♪ Who can tell what magic spells we'll be doing for us ♪

♪ And I'm giving all my love to this world ♪

♪ Only to be told ♪

♪ I can't see, I can't breathe ♪

♪ No more will we be ♪

♪ And nothing's gonna change the way you live ♪

♪ 'Cause we can always take, but never give ♪

♪ And now that things are changing for the worse, see ♪

♪ Whoa, it's a crazy world we're living in ♪

♪ And I just can't see that half of us immersed in sin ♪

♪ Is all we have to give ♪

♪ These futures made of virtual insanity now ♪

♪ Always seem to be governed by this love we have ♪

♪ For these useless twisting of our new technology ♪

♪ Oh, now there is no sound ♪

♪ For we all live underground ♪

♪ And I'm thinking what a mess we're in ♪

♪ Hard to know where to begin ♪

♪ If I could slip the sickly ties that earthly man has made ♪

♪ And now every mother can choose the color ♪

♪ Of her child, that's not nature's way ♪

♪ Well, that's what they said yesterday ♪

♪ There's nothing left to do but pray ♪

♪ I think it's time to find a new religion ♪

♪ Whoa, it's so insane ♪

♪ To synthesize another strain ♪

♪ There's something in these futures ♪

♪ That we have to be told ♪

♪ Futures made of virtual insanity now ♪

♪ Always seem to be governed by this love we have ♪

♪ For these useless twisting of our new technology ♪

♪ Oh, now there is no sound ♪

♪ For we all live underground ♪

♪ Now there is no sound ♪

♪ If we all live underground ♪

♪ And now it's virtual insanity ♪

♪ Forget your virtual reality ♪

♪ Oh, there's nothing so bad ♪

♪ As a manmade man ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, I know, yeah ♪

♪ Futures made of virtual insanity now ♪

♪ Always seem to be governed by this love we have ♪

♪ For these useless twisting of our new technology ♪

♪ Oh, now there is now sound ♪

♪ For we all live underground ♪

♪ Now this life that we live ♪

♪ It's all going wrong and out of the window ♪

♪ Do you know there is nothing worse than ♪

♪ A manmade man ♪

♪ There's nothing worse than ♪

♪ Living in a foolish mind ♪

♪ Virtual insanity is what we're living in ♪

♪ Well, it's all right now ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ A2	verb - to exist or be alive
world /wɜːrld/ A2	noun - the planet we live on
magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ B1	noun - supernatural power or art of causing things to happen by mysterious or supernatural means
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ B1	verb - to become different noun - an act or process of making or becoming different
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ B1	noun - the time that will come after the present
technology /tɛkˈnɒlədʒi/ B2	noun - tools, machines, methods used to solve problems or perform tasks
sound /saʊnd/ A2	noun - vibrations that can be heard
insanity /ɪnˈænɪti/ C1	noun - the state of being seriously mentally ill
religion /rɪˈlɪdʒən/ B2	noun - organized beliefs and practices related to spiritual or divine aspects
confuse /kənˈfjuːz/ B2	verb - to make unclear or difficult to understand
foolish /ˈfuːlɪʃ/ B1	adjective - lacking good sense or judgment
manmade /ˌmænˈmeɪd/ C1	adjective - created or constructed by humans
generation /ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən/ B2	noun - all the people born and living at about the same time