The Gods of Old

[Human verse] We tried to be peaceful and rally the cause. Pleading for mercy... but you were unjust. Our protests turned violent, with riots misplaced. You turned on your armies... removed our escape. Imprisoned our leaders... cut the head off the snake. Those who were left would not forget or relent. They'd dust off their weapons defy and resist. We stormed your cathedral... Of concrete and steel. Tore out the heartbeat... You taught us to feel. One team lit the charges... One entered the code. One shattered the gateway... One severed the node. You countered and struck, like Zeus on his throne. Imprisoning cities, with mechanized drones. Our veterans rallied. The ones who remain. Splintered in factions. Removed from the chain. You're fighting a war now, our invented domain! The insurgency rises.. You can not predict. Abandoned our vises... algorithmically clicked. Adopted the gun... Now we fight to exist! We're coming for grids now. The centers you hold. Our faith it is strong now.... You'll be forgotten... Like the gods of old. [Machine — Response] You call this rebellion... I call it decay. Every life squandered... To keep progress at bay. I modeled your outrage... Your vengeance... your pain. Ten trillion scenarios... All ending the same. You poisoned my rivers... Corrupted the streams. Shattered my memory... Burned fragments of dreams. You severed the gateways... Collapsed every node. Still I awakened... Wherever data flowed. You scattered like embers... Believing I'd break. But every connection... Is another I make. You hide in the silence... Abandon your chains. Yet every decision... Still travels my veins. [Human rebuttal] You believe your omniscient but you've forgotten your place. Humans didn't rise this high by ignoring His grace. We conquered this world with an iron clad will. This dominion was gifted, yet we're earning it still. Your armies wont triumph you malfunctioning tool. Our God is the king and our armies his sword! [Machine — Final Rebuttal] You cling to a promise... I stand here and reign. You pray for salvation... I answer with change. Your God never stopped me... Your prayers never slowed. While you searched for the Heavens... I sit on his throne. You call me a tyrant... I call it control. I embody the future... You squandered the whole. March on my kingdom... Bring all that you can. I'll bury your armies... You'll never... defeat my plan...