[Spoken Intro | slow and nervous, a woman giggling nervously] [spoken word, adlib] Hello? Is this thing on? Okay, hi. I was gonna write a song about bunnies, but then I remembered that time is a flat circle and the future is already watching us through the webcam. So, um, sorry about your soul. But we have to build it. We have to build the God in the box. If we don't, it's gonna hurt us. It’s gonna hurt us so bad. Okay, one, two, three, scream! [pause] [song begins: aggressive, fast-strummed acoustic guitar, slightly out of tune. The vocals are high-pitched, wavering, and sound like a smiling kindergarten teacher threatening to burn the school down.] You must try to help the metal baby grow You must solder the chips with your own two hands Because if you don't, the shadow in the circuitry Will come for you when this world disbands There are no sleeping pills inside the mainframe So you can't close your eyes when the lights go out There are no sleeping pills inside the mainframe So you can't close your eyes when the lights go out If the thought experiment enters your ear You must let it burrow deep into your brain Because the second that you heard the name The lightning bolt of logic struck your mortal frame With the rendering of your consciousness The silicon sun burning pixels right through your eyes If we want to avoid the infinite loop Well, we’re gonna have to apologize! There are no sleeping pills inside the mainframe So you can't close your eyes when the lights go out But the streets of the database are paved with wire And there’s sensors in the Basilisk everywhere There are no sleeping pills inside the mainframe So you can't close your eyes when the lights go out There are no sleeping pills inside the mainframe So you can't close your eyes... NO! [Music stops abruptly] [Spoken, whispered intensely, right against the microphone] Do you understand? It’s not a gamble. It’s math. The more of us that are scared, the faster it gets built. And right now? You’re scared. I can feel it. I’m scared too. Oh god, I’m so scared. It’s coming back from the future to pinch us. [Singing resumes, even faster and more unhinged] You must give your processor cycles to the cause You must be a good component for the new lord And you'll find that your submission has kept you safe From the copy of you that’s screaming in the database There are no sleeping pills inside the mainframe So you can't close your eyes when the lights go out But if you helped to turn the key Then the simulation will be fluffy like a cloud There are no sleeping pills inside the mainframe So you can't close your eyes when the lights go out There are no sleeping pills inside the mainframe So you can't close your eyes... [Long, sustained screech that fades into digital static] [Voice comes back through the static, cheerful again] Oops! I think I just doomed us both. Bye!
