Better on Aurora - OAE

What happens when effort is removed?
When every need is anticipated?
When nothing is required of you?

Is it really better on Aurora?

Lyrics:

If this is progress
Why does it feel thin?
Everything works
But nothing gets in

If this is safety
Why do I freeze?
Nothing is wrong
Nothing is me

Locked in a life with padded walls
No demand, no rise, no fall
We call it calm, but it’s just delay
There has to be more than this today

Worn down by comfort’s weight
Every choice already made
If nothing’s asked, what do I become?
There has to be more, I’ve come undone

They say it’s better on Aurora
No edges, no corners
Just drifting through

Every need already handled
No one to answer
Nothing to prove

I don’t wanna live on Aurora
Where meaning dissolves into ease
I don’t wanna live on Aurora
If no one depends on me

If taking is normal
Why do I feel hollow?
If waiting is living
Why can’t I follow?

Maybe I missed it
Maybe I’m late
Or maybe this world
Confuses escape

Built a place that never strains
Softened every kind of pain
But something vital slipped away
There has to be more than getting through days

If life is only self-contained
No risk, no cost, no give, no gain
Then what’s the point of staying here?
There has to be more, make it clear

They say it’s better on Aurora
No pressure, no hunger
Just floating by

Nothing asked, nothing offered
Nothing to suffer
Nothing to try

I don’t wanna live on Aurora
Where comfort replaces care
I don’t wanna live on Aurora
If no one needs me there

It isn’t the machines
They never chose
They only amplify
What we avoid facing

We didn’t aim for balance
We aimed for not feeling
And now we’re alive
But not participating

They say it’s better on Aurora
No friction, no effort
No reason to stay

Everything smooth and efficient
Nothing resisting
Nothing at stake

I don’t wanna live on Aurora
If living means never being required
I don’t wanna live on Aurora

If life doesn’t ask
What answers remain?