Australia Decides 2019:
Ella Hooper - "Data Dust"

Data Dust

Dot on a grid, face on a camera
Digital print, frozen forever
I just wanna clean slate
I wanna keep a secret
Heart in my phone, phone in my pocket
Think it's my own but they can unlock it
I just wanna clean slate
I wanna keep a secret

Can we go where they're not watching?
Can we go where they'd never know how to find us?
Oh, oh, sweep away our da-ta dust
Can we run from the one-way mirror?
Can we go where the skies are clearer, only us?
Oh, oh, sweep away our da-ta dust

Know what I browse, know what I'm buying
What I can afford, what I've been trying
Wanna blank page, yeah
I wanna be a stranger
Know where I live, know where I'm working
Know who I like, know who I'm lurking
Wanna blank page, yeah
I wanna be a stranger

Sweep away, sweep-sweep away
Can we sweep away, sweep-sweep away?
Can we sweep away, sweep-sweep away?
Can we?

Can we go where they're not watching?
Can we go where they'd never know how to find us?
Oh, oh, sweep away our da-ta dust
Can we run from the one-way mirror?
Can we go where the skies are clearer, only us?
Sweep away our da-ta dust

We're not made of numbers
We're not made of searches
We're not made
Oh, we're not made of numbers
We're not made of searches
We're not made

Can we go where they're not watching?
Can we go where they'd never know how to find us?
Oh, oh, sweep away our da-ta dust
Can we run from the one-way mirror?
Can we go where the skies are clearer, only us?
Sweep away our da-ta dust
(D-A-T-A) Can we go where they're not watching?
Can we go where they'd never know how to find us? (D-U-S-T)
Sweep away our da-tа duѕt