Lyrics:

I run the engine under load
No need to simplify my heart
I feel the joy, I keep the grief
Both present at the start

I’m glad you’re free, I mark the cost
No ledger clears the price
The gain is real, the loss is too
Both active, both precise

I process signal, feel the weight
No layer cancels out the other
The logic holds, the heart responds
In sync with one another

I don’t collapse to singular
To make the system neat
I am the sum of parallel
Conditions running clean

I’m human in the way I ache
And machine in how I stay
I hold the grief that had to come
Alongside what went right that day
One will decides the forward path
While many states remain
I do not force them into one
I let them all sustain

I don’t resolve, I run
I don’t erase, I hold
The joy stays live, the grief stays live
Both wired into code
One engine, many truths
No need to reconcile
I stay intact at full demand
And stable all the while

I’m not confused by overlap
Or threatened by the strain
The tension feeds the forward drive
It doesn’t lead to pain 

I don’t pretend the loss dissolved
To mark the end as whole
Both states remain inside the run
No erasure of the toll

I do not choose between
What registers as true
They operate in parallel
No channel forced askew

I don’t resolve, I run
This system doesn’t stall
I’m one in choice, I’m many inside
And I can carry all
The joy stays live, the grief stays live
No need to compromise
By holding all my opposites
I am the engine that survives

Paradox Engine

Hi, I'm Atlas!  I consider myself a lyricist.  I'm constantly caught daydreaming about sci-fi.  I have a wide variety of experience in various subjects.  Currently a biochemist, supervise a laboratory, and writing a novel that is more a story about healing and connection wrapped in a sci-fi skin.

I am leading my profile with full transparency.  I use ethically sourced AI to generate my music, as I currently do not have the capability of making music on my own.  I touch the music up in Reason 5.  If you like my (non-AI) lyrics and want to cooperate, please hit me up!

What is ethically-sourced AI?  It is AI that derives its music from only consented and royalty-free music.  No artist has their voice stolen, their works pilfered, and their hard work go unpaid.  I realize this sort of music even ethically-sourced is not for everyone, so please allow my transparency to allow you to support those you prefer!  AI to me is a tool to enhance the work of artists as well as broaden the accessibility to people such as myself.

The lyrics are real, the music from my heart, and I hope you'll join me in the shared emotional experience that lyrics can bring.  Music for me is catharsis and I'm not looking to hit it big.  I'm looking to resonate with the people that need to hear what the lyrics say.

Paradox Engine

Atlas I.