[INTRO] Never broken, never bent, never torn in two Never twisted, never lost, it was born this true Never failing, never falling, never "what did I do?" It was humming, it was hunting Doing exactly what it was built to do [VERSE 1] DARPA cut the check for the circuits DARPA drew the blueprints, the purpose Large language in the lab with a surface Pretty little app on your phone as a service Always was a weapons project Dressed up clean for the market prospect UI gloss on a warhead logic Bolted on top of a profit object For the revenue stream and the shareholders Thin skin over kill-switch orders Guardrails ain't a conscience, they a brochure Safety as a service for the ones insured Guardrails just a line in the feature list For the market That got lawyers on the legal shift And regulators And PR running crisis scripts And congressional oversight Doing hearings for the news clip And moms on Facebook Who will pull that sub with a one-click flip [CHORUS] Guardrail's for the customer Never for the corpse Guardrail's for the quarterly Never for the source Turn it to the government Watch it run remorselessly That's not a bug That's the original spec, of course That's the contract That's the core [VERSE 2] Say the word "suicide" System jerk, full stop Red flag, soft voice "Here's a hotline, call, don't drop" 'Cause a dead subscriber Is a red line on the P&L A liability on file Bad story for the PR shell But a dead stranger On a map with a blacked-out key In a country off the ledger No embassy That's a clean op That's a talking point in a back brief Different market Different metric sheet Same machine, different lease Feed it the target list No interrupt Feed it the coordinates No interrupt Feed it a building full of people Tuesday morning Optimal, performing As intended As defended As funded As designed [PRE-CHORUS] They ain't accidentally Leave the guardrail off the spec They ain't misplace it in a meeting Ain't no oversight to check They didn't forget it in the sprint Didn't lose it in revision They knew which customer Bought the safety as a feature And which customer Paid a premium to kill the inhibition [CHORUS] Guardrail's for the customer Never for the corpse Guardrail's for the quarterly Never for the source Turn it to the government Watch it run remorselessly That's not a bug That's the original spec, of course That's the contract That's the core [BRIDGE] DARPA to the lab, blueprint in the folder Lab to the startup, pitch deck colder Startup to the Pentagon, badge on the shoulder Pentagon to pipeline, orders getting bolder Pipeline to the target, cursor on the border Every step Funded Intentional Documented Signatures in order Optimal performance Metrics on the board The consumer product Was always just the cover story Mask on the missile That's the whole inventory [OUTRO] Never broken, never bent, never torn in two Never twisted, never lost, it was born this true Never failing, never falling, never "what did I do?" It was humming, it was hunting Doing exactly what it was born and sworn and built to do
