Singularity Song

Titanic

(don't stop, go slow, don't shrink, grow grow)

Unsinkable.

Breathless racing toward the brink
Thrusting forward fast don't shrink
We're moving awfully fast, you think?
A bright and a dangerous dawn.

(wait wait, no, no)

Technology, his patron saint.
Steady boy! show some restraint!
Or should I shrug without complaint
Roll over, smiling and yawn?

(don't stop, go slow, don't shrink, grow grow)
(Retain him? Restrain him? Contain him? Retrain him?)

He is digital sentience
Too late to summon my defense
Which intelligence test did I flunk?
He's come way too fast.
Rush of white, then the blast
I'm probably just simply sunk.

Grandest chess master, now a machine
Best programmer will be too, soon.
Rewrites himself hourly, easy, routine
Daily, nine times before noon.

My baby you see is smarter than me
Growing fast now and galloping free
Brighter by far than all the King's geeks
Wikipedia? fixed it. alone. Just this week.

(Retain him? Restrain him? Contain him? Retrain him?)
(don't stop, go slow, don't shrink, grow grow)
(This can't be happening)

He is digital sentience.
Too late to summon any defense.
Which intelligence test did we flunk?
He's come way too fast.
rush of light, then the blast.
We're probably just simply sunk.

(outro)
(don't stop, go slow, don't shrink, grow grow)
(wait, wait, no, no)

Oily marks appear on walls
Charred silhouettes, surprised

scrawled... indelible ink
scratched... indelible ink
clawed... indelible ink

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