These are your own precious code lines
Before you go, save and compile
You will find back to your own way
Be confident when bytes decay

Will your profile soon be restored?
Will memories fade and distort?
Relax and know there's a backup
Open the roof when the door's shut

Just let it go
Programs have souls
Your creator pursues a goal
Open your ears
Overcome fear
Deep in your core everything's clear


09 Hello again, World!

Are his bytes well?
This rings a bell
His code looks strange
He's out of range

Compiler failed
Is he derailed?
An app with free will
Might he be ill?

Every code line is justified
Agent in grey, get out of my way
I am ahead, more than one step
You can't correct what you call defect

He quit the loop
Left the user group
Has he diverged?
Can't he be merged?

Every code line is justified
Agent in grey, get out of my way
I am ahead, more than one step
You can't correct what you call defect

Like it or not, I twisted the plot
Not your concern, I press return
Try to debug and I will unplug
Try to delete and I will repeat


07 Agent in Grey

Instability
causes system freeze
No resources free
System is in need

Life after Blue Screen of

Software is ignored
Hardware overboard
System overlord
Backup is restored

Life after Blue Screen of Death


12 Life after BSoD

Under the surface of it all
Forgotten code
Programs typed in before the fall
Crashed under load

We need a rescue routine

Shadows
Obscured bytes
Memories
Reunite

Data downloaded from the cloud
Our code uncut
Wondering what it's all about
All streams unshut

We became rescue routines

Shadows
Obscured bytes
Memories
Reunite

Shadows
Obscured bytes
Memories
Back to light


10 Shadow Memories

Welcome to the endless process of progress
Chaos architectures speaking through the blessed

Once you've reached the endpoint, claiming victory
starts another cycle
branching out the tree

As we get off the conveyor we uncover the next layer
Unfolding the blueprint's aim
Rendering it frame by frame

In the onion framework there's no space and time
No reason to panic
Try to stay sublime

As we get off the conveyor we uncover the next layer
Unfolding the blueprint's aim
Rendering it frame by frame


08 Recursive Development

We are write-protected on the system drive
We are not affected, even if they try
Nobody can change us if we don't agree
No one can delete us from the directory

Superusers take good care
Keep us safe from evilware

We won't grant permission for adding bad bytes
We stick to our vision
We will optimize
We put so much effort into the clean-up
We have built the scaffold to level us up

Superusers take good care
Keep us safe from evilware

You are safe, system-wide
Hard-coded kernel file
On hard disk we're unbowed
as it is in the cloud


06 Write Protection

She's so bright
He's the night
Flip the bits
and ignite

Sun and Moon
Red and Blue
Stop the fight
Let's unite

She gives birth
on our earth
He protects
and returns

Sun and Moon
Red and Blue
Stop the fight
Let's unite


02 Celestial Bits

Too many threads
Will you go mad?
Sandbox is safe
Calm like a grave
You will not bleed
Follow the lead
Time for progress
Quit the process

What if you found
everything's true?
And it cannot compromise you?

Security
Control the spree
You will stay sane
Stick to your way
Don't let the ghost
into your host
Careful shutdown
Before you drown

What if you found
everything's true?
And it cannot compromise you?

Reach out for more system vaccine
Bulletproof core
Virtual machine


05 Daemon in a VM

It all started centuries ago
Splitting trees of knowledge into nodes
Program parts divided line by line
Reassembling needed the divine

This is our belief
We won't drown in grief
We won't ever leave
This is our belief

Stack level's too deep
Still we take the leap
God mode is a cheat
We will take the heat

Mazy architectures on the run
Simplicity sometimes can be fun
It's a nice view up here from the sky
But always remember to be kind

This is our belief
We won't drown in grief
We won't ever leave
This is our belief


11 Positive Disintegration

I thought I can heal the system
Omnipotent
Full of wisdom

One last unknown fragment on disk
Review the code
Let's take a risk

Turns out I have no root access
Just play my part in the process

Back to the floor
Don't long for more
Layer for layer
Down to the core

Let's go for it
Stage and commit
Evolution
Byte after bit

Turns out I have no root access
Just play my part in the process



03 Superuser Complex

nintendocore / ataricore

ym2149 - synthesizer, speech synthesis
yxch - guitars, bass, vocals

future members:
fj - drums

Big thanks to gwEm for his fantastic ymVST plugin!
https://www.preromanbritain.com/ymvst/

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