Beside the world we live in

G C Em

Apart from day and night

Am

Is a world ablaze with wonder

Em Am

Of magic and delight



Like a magic crystal mirror

My computer lets me know

Of the other world within it

Where my body cannot go



Dm

Chorus: You can only see the shadows

Am G Am

Of electrons on a screen

Dm Am

From the world inside the crystal

Em Am

That no human eyes have seen



The computer is a gateway

To a world where magic rules

Where the only law is logic

Webs of words the only tools



Where we play with words and symbols

And creation is the game

For our symbols have the power

To become the things they name



Chorus



Now you who do not know this world

Its dangers or its joys

You take the things we build there

And you use them as your toys



You trust them with your fortunes

Or let them guard your lives

From the chaos of creation

Just their final form survives



Chorus



Call us hackers, call us wizards

With derision or respect

Still our souls are marked by something

That your labels can't affect



Though our words are touched by strangeness

There is little we can say

You would only hear the echo

Of a music far away



Chorus