Mister Clever -

Oh the plans I’ll try

All this knowledge I

Never thought would be mine

We’ll be the greatest

The best and last you ever had

Welcome to the Cyberiad

I see your past an empty space

A question on an endless chase

But usefulness is always clear

There’s knowledge of the Time Lords here

Your thoughts will be invaded

And you will be upgraded

Raise up the legion’s banner

And be the Cyber Planner

Incorporate the data

Upgrade the mental strata

Not human

Not human

Not even slightly human

My Cybermites

Into your brain they slither

Flooding your mind

To fill the gaps with silver

I’ll find a way

Into the parts you won’t allow

I’m oh so clever

I see your game, I watch you move

So much to lose and more to prove

Now I know where you went wrong

You let me stay alive too long

You know from your inspection

I fight for their protection

And one more chance to say

That no more die today

This failed incorporation

It’s been an education

Inhuman

Inhuman

You’ve chosen your own doom, and

Now the game is done

You thought that you could best me

Flooded my mind

But you could not possess me

I’ll count to three

And you’ll be taking your last bow

Who is clever now?