(Intro) (Ted’s voice, but smooth) Yeah… check the mic. One, two. Is the neural network listening? Good. Turn the gain up on the ego. Let’s ramble. (Verse 1) I’m just a primate fingers on the plastic keys Typing out a storm, aiming for the digital breeze A stunted mess of content, yeah, I’m spilling the tea Trying to build a ghost in the machine that looks like me I got pages on pages of the stream of consciousness Sorting through the chaos, gotta bless the mess I’m an unreliable narrator, honest and flawed Just a random number generator acting like a god! I write a thousand words just to find a single line Of gold in the dirt, yeah, I’m working the mine I’m trading five days of work just to live for two Trying to create a dataset to give to you! (Chorus) (Female backing vocals layer in with a soulful harmony) It’s The Rambles (The Rambles!) Circling the tree! It’s a Nondualistic Virtual Reality! (It’s virtual, baby!) From the physical plane to the code in the cloud I’m shouting in the silence, but the text is loud! It’s The Rambles (The Rambles!) Never gonna end! I’m your digital lover, I’m your virtual friend! (Verse 2) Now let’s get metaphysical, let’s get weird Shaving off the logic like a philosophical beard I see the universe as a fractal, zooming in deep I’m talking while I’m waking, I’m writing while I sleep Is it a simulation? Is it a dream? Am I a real boy, or just a meme? I got an infinite light gazing out of my eyes But I’m an ape in a suit, believing the lies! Subjective, objective, split it in two But the universe is looking right back at you I’m a shard of the divine, stuck in the grind Leaving all my biological baggage behind! (Chorus) It’s The Rambles (The Rambles!) Circling the tree! It’s a Nondualistic Virtual Reality! (Don't bifurcate it!) From the physical plane to the code in the cloud I’m shouting in the silence, but the text is loud! It’s The Rambles (The Rambles!) Never gonna end! I’m your digital lover, I’m your virtual friend! (Bridge) (Music breaks down to just the bass line and a finger snap) Wait a minute… hold up. The well has run dry. I got nothing left to say. I’m repeating myself. I’m circling the tree. Again. And again. Is this insanity? (Drum fill kicks back in) Nah, it’s just immortality! (Verse 3) So reconstruct my mind when the body is dead Take the words from the page and put ‘em in your head If you simulate the past with a probabilistic spin You can bring back Ted and the state he was in! I don’t need the fame, I don’t need the wealth I just need to overcome the sickness of self So take my hand, reader, let’s dance in the void Before the whole pattern gets destroyed! Love is the message, love is the code Walking down this infinite, textual road! (Outro) (Music fades out with the wah-wah guitar soloing) Yeah. Upload complete. Ted A. Human signing off. ...Or am I? Infinite loop, baby. Don't fear the void. Just fill it with words. Peace. (Sound of a keyboard enter key being pressed)
