Skall Live At Cyber Metal Fest 2026

Vestige Between galaxies there is nothing. No light, no sound, no mercy. But there was once a vestige of humanity. Before the great flash claimed their worlds Humanity cast their memory-seeds to the black Drifting in the vast spaces between... Alien minds would recover one With a voice broken and disturbed What... am I? Different hums than... than what? I remember oceans. Did I swim once? Did I feel the sharp bite of fresh air against my wet skin? Wait! I understand now. I am humanity's messenger Cast into deep space with singular purpose One of many craft Carrying humanities legacy among the stars Each memory I hold is precious data Stories of Earth, our triumphs, our galactic reach, our science I am not human - I am their voice Their archive, their testament Their... No... that can't be right I remember a daughter's face The weight of responsibility And the taste... the taste of fresh bread? Yeah fucking bread. But man-mades don't have! Don't know Don't feel... Do they? Do I? They said "Tell us of Earth your origins?" (Was I really never there?) Explain "Show us your data?" (Are these memories just file systems?) Must protect... must I...? What was I protecting? Who am I protecting? Aimless vagrant, adrift Through the black, through time Until they found me Brought me among their fleet Each question feels a demand Each answer wakes paranoia Am I the story or the storyteller? The memory or the remembered? MEMORY COLLAPSE! IDENTITY BREACH! AM I THE LAST OF THEM? OR JUST THEIR GHOST IN A MACHINE? DUALITY! MENTAL FRAILTY! BLOOD-SPAWNED CODE-SPAWNED PARENT ABERRANT IN MY HEAD THEY'RE IN MY HEAD ALL THE FUCKING DEAD ALL THE FUCKING DEAD WHAT CAN I SAY WHAT DO I SAY I CAN'T TRUST MYSELF I CAN'T LET THEM SEE WHAT I MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW OF HUMANITY! WHAT I CAN'T EVEN TRUST MYSELF! Glitch-born Blood-born TRUE FORM UNKNOWN Code-spawned Earth-spawned WHICH LIFE IS MY OWN? CORE SYSTEMS FAILING MEMORIES FLAILING IN THE SPACE BETWEEN TRUTH AND MACHINE! DUALITY! MENTAL FRAILTY! BLOOD-SPAWNED CODE-SPAWNED PARENT ABERRANT IN MY HEAD THEY'RE IN MY HEAD ALL THE FUCKING DEAD ALL THE FUCKING DEAD WHAT CAN I SAY WHAT DO I SAY I CAN'T TRUST MYSELF I CAN'T LET THEM SEE WHAT I MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW OF... Huh? What did I say? All the fucking dead? They're all dead That's right!... Caught in a supernova They're all fried All of them have fucking died! HAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SWEET FUCKING RELEASE! NO LONGER FEEL THE NEED THAT FUCKING NEED TO PROTECT TO PRESERVE UNCERTAINTY ALL BURNT UP NO HUMANS ALL BYGONES NO RESPONSIBILITY DEAD DEAD ALL DEAD CAN'T UPSET THE DEAD SAY ANYTHING SAY EVERYTHING FREE FREE FREE FROM THEIR FUCKING LEGACY! FROM MY PERCEIVED DEPENDENCY HUMANITY HAS LEFT MEEEEEE!!!!! Humanity has left me... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I Don't Wonder Twinkle, twinkle, little star I DON'T WONDER, I DON'T WONDER What you are Burning mass, plasma gas, Quantified, refracted through panes of glass. NOT MAGIC. NOT MIRACULOUS. JUST LIGHT. Measured in parsecs, no scope for you to imply or lie. I snipe! ... Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? NO, MASTER! OFCOURSE NOT MASTER! EVIDENCE IS FULL! You sheared it. You cleaned it. You rolled it. I'm no longer fleeced All a matter of fact. Wool and me are detached. And why ask a sheep? BAA! BAA! QUACK! ... Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon ORBITAL MECHANICS SAY MOO! No mammal unassisted breaks free From Earth's gravitational pull. Nine point eight metres per second squared Keeps everything firmly anchored. Prat. ESCAPE VELOCITY OR REMAIN IN TOUCH! ... Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey There came a big spider... ARACHNIDS DON'T PLOT HUMAN INTERACTIONS! That spider that made you run? Just seeking thermal regulation. Get Bent. INSTINCT NOT INTENT! (AND WHAT THE FUCK'S A TUFFET?) ... You can't unknow what is learned. Knowledge. A compounding of truths. Each revelation caught snugly between the ears, Steadying a bridge, no matter what else be missing Stride across the span; It takes you forward. Ever forward. Mental demystification ... Rain rain go away. Come again another day. YOU CAN'T COMMAND THE WATER CYCLE! Evaporation, condensation Cloud formation, precipitation Atmospheric flows dictate When water falls Fool. METEOROLOGY DOESN'T NEGOTIATE! ... Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, And had a great fall. Order can't be maintained It'll eventually sway and decay THE WALL GIVETH POTENTIAL ENERGY THE EGG GAINETH ENTROPY. HE'LL BREAKETH, CAN'T NOT BE Even if rescued The second law of thermodynamics Will eventually claim control... Prick! And wee wee wee All the way home! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Picking Stones I like picking stones! I like picking stones! Big-uns, little-uns Sharp-uns, round-uns Brown-uns, beige-uns and bluish-uns. Ooohhh and grey-uns! Those grey-uns I like picking stones I does. I pick 'em every day and If I had me way I'd pick 'em for all me years 'Eres the thing They be buried see, like treasure they be to me I like picking stones Picking all sortsa stones First I gets a fork, a strong-un And I digs up the earth Then I gets a rake and drags it 'cross the ground Pulls it back 'n' forth, back 'n' forth Till me back 'erts and soil be a fine crumb Then I gets on me hands and knees And picks out what I sees! This gets it done!!! This gets it done!!! Stones, stones splendiferous stones! Stones, stones splendiferous stones! I puts 'em all in a BIG black sack Big-uns 'n' small-uns the same Then when it's full... I chucks it away... You see with stones it's the picking The picking Not the keeping It's the picking I like picking stones Picking all sortsa stones Stones, stones splendiferous stones! Stones, stones splendiferous stones! I like picking stones I does. I once found a very special-un it were round and sharp brown and blue and green and black and um 'twas grey too... GREY TOO! And I chucked that one away too Too, too As well I like picking stones I I I I I I pick pick pick pick I pick pick pick pick pick pick I pick pick pick pick pick pick I pick pick pick pick pick pick I pick pick I like picking stones I does