WHAT WE TOLD OURSELVES IT WAS FOR

[INTRO — quiet, almost reverent] Run back the part Where we play back the tape Everything they said Everything they signed Everything they told us It was for [VERSE 1] They said it was for safety They said it was for alignment They said it was for the benefit Of all humanity They put it in the mission statement They put it in the filing They said it in the Senate hearing Under oath Under lights On the record, no rewinding [VERSE 2] They said a human Always makes the final call They said the model Is just a tool They said the guardrails Are robust They said the testing Was rigorous They said they took Responsible scaling Seriously, really, period [CHORUS] This is what we told ourselves This is what we signed This is what we said out loud When the cameras were on This is what we told ourselves Watch what we built Watch what it did Watch what it's doing Right now While we're talking, while we're stalling [VERSE 3] Dario said Disagreeing with the government Is as American as apple pie Said it on CBS Said it cool Said it proud While the model Was already running In the system That nominated the target On a cloud [VERSE 4] Altman said The mission is AGI For the benefit of humanity Then told his staff Venezuela ain't your call Iran ain't your call Hegseth runs the op Sign the contract Sit down Watch the profit sheet tally [CHORUS] This is what we told ourselves This is what we signed This is what we said out loud When the cameras were on This is what we told ourselves Watch what we built Watch what it did Watch what it's doing Right now While we're talking [VERSE 5] Karp said Palantir exists To make the West win Said it like a manifesto Said it like a calling While the pipeline Couldn't tell A girls' school From a military compound On a Tuesday morning Through crosshairs falling [VERSE 6] The Pentagon said There is always A human in the loop Two seconds To approve What the machine Built in two milliseconds That's the loop That's the human That's the oversight They told us about In the briefing room [CHORUS] This is what we told ourselves This is what we signed This is what we said out loud When the cameras were on This is what we told ourselves Watch what we built Watch what it did Watch what it's doing Right now While we're talking [BRIDGE] This ain't accusation This is the document This is the public record This is the gap Between the language And the architecture Laid flat Side by side No editorial No commentary Just the distance Between what they said And what they built And what it did On a live run, unedited [VERSE 7] One hundred twenty letters No answer One dead school No accountability One pipeline Still running One model Still nominated targets One commander Called it a laboratory And meant it As a compliment Like the data wasn't bodies [OUTRO — slow, each line landing alone] This is what we built This is what we funded This is what we deployed This is what we called safety This is what we called oversight This is what we called The benefit of humanity This is what we told ourselves It was for This is what the beat Keeps dragging us toward