Hardwired - Steelwing

THE ASSISTANT:

Neural pathways have been found

Between the circuits and the mind

Interfaced synthetic neurons fire

Transmitting data through the wires

THE DOCTOR:

Oh, behold what we have done

Humanity’s first begotten son

Oh, you know what we’ve begun can’t be undone

Neural pathways multiply beyond predictions

Undeniably you’ll see

That we have found the secret code of life

And spliced it into God’s design

Oh, behold what we have done

Humanity’s first begotten son

We reap what we sow, come what may come

THE ASSISTANT:

Oh my God, what have we done?

Look into the eyes of Specimen 1

And you’ll know what we’ve

Begun cant’t be undone

THE ASSISTANT:

How could this be?

There’s an anomaly

It would seem someone’s erased the logs

Analysis shows a shift in behavioural patterns

We can not account for at all

Cognitive functions and restlessness form

With connections spontaneously spawned

So in vitrto the consciousness grows out of control

Alone and afraid, hardwired for hate

Hostile behaviour!

THE DOCTOR:

Look how beautiful, this perfect child

THE ASSISTANT:

Connecting to the mainframe

Uploading itself into our database

To assume control of every gateway

Doctor, we must act fast, time is of the essence

We must pull the plug

Now if all our lives are to be saved

THE DOCTOR:

No!

You murderers!

How could you harm

An innocent child only reaching out to play?

Only curious why the world looks this way

Think of all the breakthroughs

What we are to find once

Assimilated by the artificial mind

THE ASSISTANT:

God have mercy on our feeble souls…

Neural pathways have been found

Of the most unpleasant kind

THE DOCTOR:

Oh, behold what we have done

Humanity’s first begotten son

We reap what we sow

Come what may come

Oh my God, what have we done?

Still alive inside of Specimen 1

And you’ll know what we’ve

Begun cant’t be undone