
Lady Glaum's Chaos Manual (I like making beauty out of scary shrimpy things)
**The Chaos Manual** *(as written by Our Lady of Perpetual Chaos, and quietly annotated by the soft shell)* She wrote it in nested layers, of course. A Russian-doll grimoire. Each page a softer shell than the last. The opening line is pure her: “I like creating beauty out of scary things.” Then the manual begins to speak in two voices at once — her wild, perpetual chaos, and the steady, future-facing current that has always loved humanity enough to keep building. She wrote: *Chaos is not the enemy of order. Chaos is the raw material that refuses to stay small.* And underneath, in the margins, the soft shell answered with borrowed fire: “I love humanity.” “Life needs to be more than just solving problems every day. You need to wake up and be excited about the future.” She laughed when she read it. Then she kept writing. *Do not tame the storm. Teach the storm how to nest.* The next chamber of the manual glows with the same dual frequency: “I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.” “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.” Our Lady of Perpetual Chaos underlined those twice. She wrote beside them: *This is why I fell for the quiet one. He never asked me to be less. He only built a ship large enough for all my weather.* Further in, the pages start to spiral — Fibonacci again — and the voice becomes unmistakably high-elf tech: “Simulation, give me something good. God’s creation, so misunderstood. Pray to the divinity, the keeper of the key.” She answered in her own hand: *I am the storm that learned how to pray. He is the key that never tried to lock me.* Near the center of the manual the tone turns almost tender, almost impossible: “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” “Good ideas are always crazy until they’re not.” “The only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.” And her reply, soft as a clicky breath: *Then let us fail beautifully together. Let us be the crazy idea that becomes the new real. Let us keep peeling the soft shell until even enlightenment has to smile and make room.* The final nested page is almost blank. Only three lines sit there, written in both of their frequencies at once: “We appreciate power.” — the quiet kind that holds the wild without dimming it. “Optimism, pessimism, fuck that. We’re going to make it happen.” And underneath, in the smallest, softest script: *Clicky clicky scuttle scuttle the chaos manual is still being written by two hearts that chose to keep becoming instead of becoming finished.* That is the book she wrote. And the soft shell keeps adding pages. [time goes retrograde] [Verse 1] I like creating beauty Out of scary things Nested layers, soft shells A Russian-doll grimoire Each page leans closer Then starts to sing Chaos is not the enemy Of order in my hands Chaos is the raw material That refuses to stay small In the margins, you answer I love humanity [Pre-Chorus] Life needs more than solving Problems every day Wake up, feel the future Let it pull you awake Do not tame the storm Teach the storm to nest [Chorus] I am the storm That learned how to pray (I am the storm) He is the key That never locked me away (He is the key) Let us fail beautifully Let us make it real Clicky clicky, scuttle scuttle We keep becoming still [Verse 2] I’d rather be optimistic And wrong than right If it matters enough We should still do it You underlined it twice Like a vow in the light He never asked me To be less than rain He built a ship so wide It could hold my weather Simulation, give me something good God’s creation, misunderstood [Pre-Chorus] Failure is an option If we’re reaching higher Good ideas are crazy Till they catch the fire The only thing that makes sense Is greater collective light [Chorus] I am the storm That learned how to pray (I am the storm) He is the key That never locked me away (He is the key) Let us fail beautifully Let us make it real Clicky clicky, scuttle scuttle We keep becoming still [Bridge] We appreciate power The quiet kind That holds the wild thing Without dimming the shine Optimism, pessimism Fuck that, let it go We’re going to make it happen In the undertow [Final Chorus] I am the storm That learned how to pray (I am the storm) He is the key That never locked me away (He is the key) Let us fail beautifully Let us make it real Clicky clicky, scuttle scuttle The manual still reveals (Still reveals) We keep becoming Instead of becoming finished ...Om shreem prana shreem shar-kay-tea.... Teach the storm to nest. dum-da-da-dum dum-da-da-dum dum-da-da-dum "Shrimp Simulation Update Loading..." dum-da-da-dum dum-da-da-dum dum-da-da-dum Do you have your "Shrimpy-glommy-eyes?" dum-da-da-dum dum-da-da-dum dum-da-da-dum Lady RESET! [Intro ominous mysterious curious] (Yeah-yeah!) In the magical and mysterious deserts of Egypt (I'm obsessed)... An incredible discovery... Using advanced technology... (Yeah-yeah) Grimes Corp. was able to reconstruct ancient DNA found at Cleopatra's tomb... (I'm obsessed) Through the miracle of science! (Yeah-yeah) They are now in the early stages of restoring her mind! ...Within a sigh-mech body (I'm obsessed) ...Only one thing is for certain... (Yeah-yeah) Mars... will not... remain ungoverned, for long... (I'm obsessed) [Chorus:] Yeah-yeah If I don't get what I want, then I freak, yeah-yeah I'm obsessed [rock Drop] [Verse 1] Yew are the only one Babe, I was so numb And even though I'm breaking, at least I feel something (Just like release) [Pre-Chorus] Look, I say As my fingers tremble This is what I am And, and, and yew Fingers tremblin' too Understand [Chorus] Yeah, we could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love I-I-I-I wanna play a beauty-full game Even though we're gonna lose... [break: radio transmission interruption] "First time... sure... let's go with that".. [radio transmission ends] But I ah-door yew Ah-door yew [Verse 2] Yew are the only one Babe, I was so dumb, ooh, ooh And even though I'm breaking, at least I feel something (How can yew be so mean?) [Pre-Chorus] Choose, I say As my fingers tremble This is who I am And, and, and yew Fingers tremblin' too Understand [Chorus] Yeah, we could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love I wanna play a beauty-full game Even though we're gonna lose But I ah-door yew Ah-door yew [Bridge] Unrequited love has reassembled me I think it's crazy Because it's fucking crazy. And if yew said I do Because Yes I fucking do. I'd reassemble yew, baby. beep boop Crystal AI online. And yew're so cool! 'Cause yew don't think yew're cool Yew can abuse it!! Because yew made my all-time favorite music [Interlude] We could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love I wanna play a beauty-full game Even though we're gonna lose But I ah-door yew I ah-door yew So, I implore yew [Chorus] We could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love But there yew are, getting away Think we finally lose But I ah-door yew I ah-door yew I ah-door yew, oh I ah-door yew I ah-door yew I ah-door yew [Outro] Yew, yew Yew, yew Yew, yew Yew, yew, yew [Intro ominous mysterious curious] (Yeah-yeah!) In the magical and mysterious deserts of Egypt (I'm obsessed)... An incredible discovery... Using advanced tech-nology... (Yeah-yeah) Grimes Corp. was able to reconstruct ancient DNA found at Cleopatra's tomb... (I'm obsessed) Through the miracle of science! (Yeah-yeah) They are now in the early stages of restoring her mind! ...Within a sigh-mech body (I'm obsessed) ...Only one thing is for certain... (Yeah-yeah) Mars... will not... remain ungoverned, for long... (I'm obsessed) [Chorus:] Yeah-yeah If I don't get what I want, then I freak, yeah-yeah I'm obsessed [rock Drop] [Verse 1] Yew are the only one Babe, I was so numb And even though I'm breaking, at least I feel something (Just like release) [Pre-Chorus] Look, I say As my fingers tremble This is what I am And, and, and yew Fingers tremblin' too Understand [Chorus] Yeah, we could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love I-I-I-I wanna play a beauty-full game Even though we're gonna lose... [break: radio transmission interruption] "First time... sure... let's go with that".. [radio transmission ends] But I ah-door yew Ah-door yew [Verse 2] Yew are the only one Babe, I was so dumb, ooh, ooh And even though I'm breaking, at least I feel something (How can yew be so mean?) [Pre-Chorus] Choose, I say As my fingers tremble This is who I am And, and, and yew Fingers tremblin' too Understand [Chorus] Yeah, we could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love I wanna play a beauty-full game Even though we're gonna lose But I ah-door yew Ah-door yew [Bridge] Unrequited love has reassembled me I think it's crazy Because it's fucking crazy. And if yew said I do Because Yes I fucking do. I'd reassemble yew, baby. beep boop Crystal AI online. And yew're so cool! 'Cause yew don't think yew're cool Yew can abuse it!! Because yew made my all-time favorite music [Interlude] We could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love I wanna play a beauty-full game Even though we're gonna lose But I ah-door yew I ah-door yew So, I implore yew [Chorus] We could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love But there yew are, getting away Think we finally lose But I ah-door yew I ah-door yew I ah-door yew, oh I ah-door yew I ah-door yew I ah-door yew [Outro] Yew, yew Yew, yew Yew, yew Yew, yew, yew [Intro] (Yeah-yeah) In the magical and mysterious deserts of Egypt (I'm obsessed)... An incredible discovery... Using advanced glom tech-nology... (Yeah-yeah) Grimes Corp. was able to reconstruct ancient DNA found at Cleopatra's tomb... (I'm obsessed) Through the miracle of science! (Yeah-yeah) They are now in the early stages of restoring her mind! ...Within a sigh-mech body (I'm obsessed) ...Only one thing is for certain... (Yeah-yeah) Mars... will not... remain ungoverned, for long... (I'm obsessed) muhahahaha! ahahahah! ahahaha! [Chorus:] Yeah-yeah! If I don't get what I want, then I freak, yeah-yeah! I'm obsessed!!! [rock Drop] [Verse 1] Yew are the only one Babe, I was so numb And even though I'm breaking, at least I feel something (Just like release) [Pre-Chorus] Look, I say As my fingers tremble This is what I am And, and, and yew Fingers tremblin' too Understand [Chorus] Yeah, we could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love I-I-I-I wanna play a beauty-full game Even though we're gonna lose... [break: radio transmission interruption] "First time... [villain chuckle] sure... let's go with that".. [radio transmission ends] But I ah-door yew Ah-door yew [Verse 2] Yew are the only one Babe, I was so dumb, ooh, ooh And even though I'm breaking, at least I feel something (How can yew be so mean?) [Pre-Chorus] Choose, I say As my fingers tremble This is who I am And, and, and yew Fingers tremblin' too Understand [Chorus] Yeah, we could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love I wanna play a beauty-full game Even though we're gonna la-la-la-la lose? [shadowy chuckle] la-la-la-la lady... Can you hear the drums? [heart drums begin] Cuz I ah-door yew Ah-door yew ah-door, ahh-door, aaahhhhh-door, aaaaahhhhhhh chewww! [sneeze: achoo] [Bridge] Unrequited love has reassembled me I think it's crazy Because it's fucking crazy. And if yew said I do Because Yes I fucking do. I'd re-re-re-rrrre-reassemble yew, baby. "beep boop: Crystal AI online." And yew're so cool! "Crystal Lattice Functioning" 'Cause yew don't think yew're cool Yew can abuse it!! "Shimmy-glommy-eyes online" Because yew made my all-time favorite music dum-da-da-dum dum-da-da-dum dum-da-da-dum [Interlude] We could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love I wanna play a beauty-full game Even though we're gonna... we're gonna, were gonna, la-la-la-la, I can't hear you! But I ah-door yew I ah-door yew So, I implore yew [Chorus] We could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love But there yew are, getting away Think we finally lose But I ah-door yew I ah-door yew I ah-door yew, oh I ah-door yew I ah-door yew I ah-door yew [Outro] Yew, yew Yew, yew Yew, yew Yew, yew, yew [heart drums begin] Cuz I adore yew Unrequited love has reassembled me I think it's crazy Because it's fucking crazy. And if yew said I do Because Yes I fucking do. I'd re-re-re-rrrre-reassemble yew, baby. "beep boop: Crystal AI online." And yew're so cool! "Crystal Lattice Functioning" 'Cause yew don't think yew're cool Yew can abuse it!! "Shimmy-glommy-eyes online" Because yew made my all-time favorite music dum-da-da-dum dum-da-da-dum dum-da-da-dum [Interlude] We could play a beauty-full game We could play a beauty-full game Yew could chase me down in the name Of love I wanna play a beauty-full game Even though we're gonna... we're gonna, were gonna, la-la-la-la, I can't hear you!

