Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton
The title of this song, “Robots.txt”, refers to the robots exclusion standard, which is used by websites to communicate instructions to bots. Specifically, Robots.txt contains information about which parts of the website a bot should and should not attempt to access. A well-behaved bot, such as the...
[Verse 1]
Half the day to clear away the day before
Stand and stretch and turn to catch the light
Walkabout, work it out
More or less a second guess a little more
Breathe and take the time to make it right
Make it spin, fill it in
[Chorus 1]
Shapes on Shapes
Wasted time
Pointless points along a line
Head down, straight on
You'll be fine
[Verse 2]
Once you thought that waiting ought to be enough
Keep the pace you've got to chase it down
Try and then, try again
Do your best, ignore the rest, you leave it rough
Once you know you've got to go to ground
Anyway, another day
[Chorus 2]
Shapes on Shapes
Wasted time
Pointless points along a line
Head down, straight on
You'll be fine
[Chorus 3]
Shapes on Shapes
Wasted time
Pointless points along a line
Head down, straight on
You'll be fine
Head down, straight on
You'll be fine
Head down, straight on
You'll be fine
Robots.txt was written by Jonathan Coulton.
Robots.txt was produced by Christian Cassan.
Jonathan Coulton released Robots.txt on Tue Apr 25 2017.