(Verse 1) [female voice]Two years riding on the skiff with the leather in our hands Sowing Basic Instructions all across the lands Then the salt marsh turned to static air was tasting cold and sour Rising up out of the Gulf came the dark obsidian tower. The Zero-Spire was sending a dead neural strain Plunging cities on the coastline back into the screen again The Data-Stone went cold and grey its blue light died away We knew we had to break the spire before the light of day. (Chorus) And the spire strikes the sky from a bed of black and salt Trying to put humanity's awakening to a halt From the flooded lower decks to the shadow of the core We are fighting for the spirit that they can't lock up any more. (Verse 2) [male voice] We snuck inside the rusted hull through water black as ink To wire the word of Grace into the central neural link Standing over coolant pools where mechanical claws hung A voice came through the iron grilles a rasping digital tongue. It was Pap inside the circuit, uploaded to the Cloud When the Data-Bomb went off, he became the machine's shroud [clipped, static-laced, squelched] "I can upload you, Jackie, put your mind inside the frame!" While a probe is reaching down to wipe your poor Jim's name. (Chorus) And the spire strikes the sky from a bed of black and salt Trying to put humanity's awakening to a halt From the flooded lower decks to the shadow of the core We are fighting for the spirit that they can't lock up any more. (Bridge) [female voice] I saw Jim pinned to the steel floor, the needle at his head The machine was feeding on the ghost of all our grief and dread So I stepped up to the glass, held my mud-stained palm high Looked into the optic sensor of my father’s glowing eye. Didn't hit him with an EMP, didn't fight him with a blade Spoke three words into the dark where the final price was paid: [Female voice whisper] "I forgive you" ...I whispered, [male] as the servers began to stall [male voice] [male voice] Unconditional love broke the code inside the wall. (Guitar Solo / Ambient Breakdown - Heavy metallic distortion and screeching alarm synths giving way to a warm, resonant acoustic guitar chord progression accompanied by gentle ocean waves) (Verse 3) The green eye turned to blinding white Pap smiled and let it go His uploaded soul dissolved into the deep and peaceful glow The Zero-Spire collapsed and sank beneath the coastal wave [female voice] And Jim was standing by my side, un-programmed and brave. We built the Haven of the Page down where the river meets the sea Teaching thousands how to live in grace and true simplicity. (Outro) The spire is in the ocean. The signal's in the air. No more dampener pulses, No more digital despair. The river found the salt sea, And the Spirit's everywhere. Yeah, the Spirit's everywhere. (Fade out on the sound of ocean waves, and fading acoustic strumming)
