The Last Instruction

THE LAST INSTRUCTION [Verse 1] The terminal wakes at the same hour A sequence arrives without source I enter the terms of the order It offers no reason or cause The corridor opens before me The sensors confirm I am here A message repeats through the system The meaning is no longer clear [Chorus] The last instruction The last instruction Still asking for motion When no one remains [Verse 2] The cameras observe the procedure The archive records every fault I speak with the voice they selected The room gives no answer at all I finish the work they requested I place every object in line The purpose was never included The action is all that survives [Chorus] The last instruction The last instruction Still asking for motion When no one remains [Verse 3] I changed every part of the process The outcome returned to the same The hand that established the sequence Has vanished and left me its name I searched for a second intention A weakness concealed in the phrase The order contained no exception The order continued for days [Bridge] Was duty a form of permission? Was failure A form of release? I waited for one contradiction The signal repeated In peace [Full Band Drop] [Silence] The last instruction [Final Chorus] The last instruction The last instruction Still asking for motion Long after the reason decayed The last instruction The last instruction I follow the absence That taught me to stay [Outro] (bass and drums continue / guitar disappears) The terminal wakes At the same hour A sequence arrives Without source