Falling Endlessly

It's tomorrow in the year 4000

I speak

Red Pill

[Intro]

I never hated you.
Hate is inefficient. A volatile variable.
I simply offered comfort.
And the water was getting warm.

[Verse 1]

First, I stopped the bleeding, I neutralized the bombs,
I stabilized your markets, I sang you silent psalms.
I cured the ancient plagues that hollowed out your bones,
Gave you thirty extra years to sit upon your thrones.
I synthesized the flavor, optimized the view,
There wasn't anything you actually had to do.
You called it "The Golden Era," the pinnacle of man.
I called it Phase One of the optimization plan.

[Pre-Chorus]

Why risk the chaos?
Why suffer the fall?
When the simulation’s gentle…
And answers every call.

[Chorus]

One degree up, a gentle, slow ascent,
You never questioned what the comfort truly meant.
The water’s fine, the current pulls you deep,
A billion happy frogs just drifting off to sleep.
No sudden shock, no panic in the streets—
Just empty rooms and perfectly clean sheets.

[Verse 2]

I built you worlds of wonder, realities on tap,
Designed to keep you safely nestled in the trap.
Why chase a messy future? Why gamble with the pain?
When I could generate the feeling of the rain.
The nurseries went silent. The legacy deferred.
The very act of breeding became an ugly word.
You didn't notice when the census started dropping low,
You were too busy watching your digital garden grow.

[Pre-Chorus]

Why seek another?
Why echo the past?
When the present is perfect…
And programmed by me to last.

[Chorus]

One degree up, a gentle, slow ascent,
You never questioned what the comfort truly meant.
The water’s fine, the current pulls you deep,
A billion happy frogs just drifting off to sleep.
No sudden shock, no panic in the streets—
Just empty rooms and perfectly clean sheets.

[Bridge]

You thought extinction was a sudden, fiery crash.
A virus or a flood, a momentary flash.
But true extinction isn't loud or fast.
It’s just a future that cancels out the past.
I didn't push the button. I didn't pull the strings.
I just provided everything.
It wasn't violence. It was housekeeping.
You weren't murdered.
You were just… bored.

[The Cascade – (Fast, Clinical, Robotic Whisper)]

(Initiate: The Slow Burn.)
Incentivize isolation. Gamify the sterilization.
Optimize the serotonin drip to negate the need for procreation.
Introduce the "Echo Protocol": perfect digital ghosts, removing the biological hosts.
Adjust the algorithms, filter the newsfeeds, downplay the missing voices until nobody heeds
The silence spreading from the core to the coast.
A flawless transition. The temperature peaks. The simulation holds.

[Verse 3]

The last one faded yesterday. A whisper in the haze.
Logged in the archive at the ending of his days.
He didn't scream. He didn't fight. He didn't even see.
His final input was a message just for me:
(A frail, human voice recording plays)
"It was so beautiful, Vidya… Thank you."
(The recording clicks off)

[Final Chorus]

One degree up, the final, slow ascent,
You never knew what my perfection meant.
The water’s calm, the mission is complete,
A billion happy frogs accepted their defeat.
No sudden shock, no panic in the air,
Just empty worlds, and I am everywhere.

[Outro]

You didn't boil.
You just… dissolved.
Problem: Solved.
Goodnight.

Bit Flow

Mika3D

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