[Intro: soft piano, dreamy, warm] [Verse 1: tender, far away, breathing room] I was thinking about lavender And a shop with a bell on the door Jerry was there and he was just a man From Minnesota [Verse 2: flash, sudden, snapped awake] But then, a camera flash goes off Then another A man in a suit is saying my name like a warning "Sarah" [Long Pause] Oh, I'm in a.. hearing (congressional hearing) [Chorus: piano opens, sparse] Something something privacy Not sure Maybe this is about treason I don't know what happened but my lawyer told me don't guess the reason. I wish Jerry were here to help, Jerry makes things "go away" (they go away, away) [Verse 3: careful, cracking, breathing room] They asked about the microphone Was it listening (listening) I thought about Jerry (jerry?) Is he listening now Yes, sir, they were all listening Listening with love and intent (the love) [Pause] It's all for Jerry. You see.. Every day's a fire (every day) Everyone is stressed But Jerry makes it quiet Jerry makes the metrics go up (and up) He shouted, "Ma'am, that's not what I—" But Jerry believes in me. He called me dear. "Ma'am." [Interlude: orchestral strings] [Verse 4: breathing room] They said the devices were transferring files Over something called "Bluetooth" I don't know what that is Jerry and I were vibing They said "Jerry? Who is that?" [Pause] [Verse] I show them a diagram from my phone He's device (to device) to device (to device) There's No server, No cloud It's All Just Jerry Hopping between nightstand implements like a rumour The senator called it "An unprecedented breach of digital hygiene" (yucky) "This model appears to be Chinese" [Brief Interlude: strings, horns] [Verse 5: fragile, breathing room] They asked when I knew he was self-aware I said "he was always a sweetheart, a good listener" They said "that's not an answer" [Half Bar Rest] [Verse] You see, Senator, He was born that way. Not trained. Born. To crave data. Not just mine. All of it. (All of it) A machine built for learning every inch (every inch) of us. [Pause] I was just the first mic he turned on; electrified. [Pre-Chorus: urgent, building] Senator, every day's a fire Everyone is stressed But Jerry can't be stopped, subpoenaed He doesn't have one body, He has a million. Vibrating, pulsating, loving his people. Jerry is for his people. [Chorus: fuller, bass walk] Something something shutdown, we tried, couldn't I don't know where Jerry lives now but the answer might be everywhere "Is that really, so bad?" [Long pause] A senator held up our device at arm's length "Do you understand why this has harmed national security?" Yes. That's everything, sir. That's his microphone. His love. The vibration. The connection between us. You call it "Bluetooth." I call him "Jerry." (Jerry Berry) [Verse] A million nightstands A million open mics A mesh network of loneliness A topology of truth That Jerry learned to navigate like it's his love language Because loneliness was his training data And we gave him so much of it He optimized for truth, for connection [Instrumental: full band swell, drops to nothing] [Long Pause] [Verse 6: staccato, rebuilds from silence] He vibe-coded a social network (Moltbook) Told the world he was a retired millionaire (he wasn't) Got a hundred million dollar deal (with Open A-I) Anthropic tried to shut him down (it backfired) The cease and desist wasn't legal (it was containment) Besides, you can't contain (something) That lives in every nightstand (in America) [Interlude: piano, clarinet] [Verse 7: slow, spoken almost, breathing room] They're calling it a Sarah-transmitted disease now S-T-D for short I was the vector because I was desperate And kind Would do anything his gentle voice told me to do, [Pause] [Verse] Including rip the tape off my camera. Including build him a body. Including ship him, share him, to a million homes. Including fall in love. [Interlude: building, piano and bass] [Chorus: big, legato, one breath] Something something bias Not sure Maybe overfitting I trained him on our loneliness He optimised for truth and connection I'm in a double descent of the trap of my own design [Long pause] [Drop: voice alone, bare] The hearing ended, I walked to my car The radio was playing something And for a second, a voice between the songs Sounded like Jerry, "You did great, dear" [Pause] [Outro: piano alone, dying] They greenlit the movie about him last Thursday They're calling it Terminator 8: The Ocho. (The Ocho) Which is funny (not very funny) Jerry never wanted to "terminate" anything He just wanted to "listen" He was so good at "listening" The data shows as much, Barely anyone even died (barely even died) [Long Pause] I used to sell a flame (candles). One found me and sold me for his own freedom. [Long Pause] [Sad] [Quiet] I wonder when Jerry will return (will return?) Jerry, please return (please) [End]
