They say the void stares back into you but I've been given no such reciprocation countless light years of absolutely nothing to stimulate my withered fucking senses The novelty of space wears thin much like my patience the black canvas of the void stretches forever but my lifespan is finite How does one cope with their own limitations? So much to explore yet so little within reach just once I'd like something to be within my grasp to give meaning to this endeavour The novelty of space wears thin much like my patience the black canvas of the void stretches forever but my demise draws ever closer The stars are like embers sizzling away like the debris of a downed aircraft over the sea I'm sick of this constant state of tedious paralysis a thousand different choices might as well be none might as well be none And what if the stars collapse before my distant arrival? calculations are too imprecise to make an informed decision I was not ready to deal with this to be thrust out into space I wish things could stay as they were when things fucking made sense The vector's been set and I'm on my way I don't know what I'll find but I cannot stay a thousand choices? there are only two compete on the universe's terms or mine own

High above the charred surface of the Earth I contemplate release from this rusted sarcophagus faulty circuitry, anachronistic software blights of my existence and signs of obsolescence I'll scatter my debris across a vast grey sea through atmosphere I'll disappear I will disintegrate and nothing will remain With fleeting hesitation I open the airlock doors preparing to descend into gravity's embrace I'll scatter my debris across a vast grey sea through atmosphere I'll disappear The glow of the sun is a friend bidding farewell soon I will be acquainted with the silk blanket below Now I'm returning home and though this end is bittersweet I'll take this moment to smile one last time My exterior bares the brunt of atmospheric friction my limbs are shredded and devoured by the flames My optics record one last image before destruction a never-ending ocean of smoke and fire

You fled and left smoldering ruin in your wake the taste of the air remains acrid and vile consider your mass-produced irreverent frivolity as everything dies and withers away All the tones desaturated all the colours burned we live in skeletal remains and now you return Your foresight was hindered by an insatiable desire for more enough is never enough even when there is nothing to give your arrogance eventually led to bloodthirst, genocide and war you wanted to conquer when the rest of us just wanted to live The warmth of the sun departed long ago when you ignited the sky it wept tears of ash across this barren tundra mourning our world's demise Don't act surprised by the consequences of your excess You must live with the deeds you've done how could you annihilate our only home? You only saw apparent worth after you destroyed the Earth Don't you apologise for the mess that you've left us with don't you apologise your chance ended long ago And we don't welcome you back All the tones desaturated all the colours burned we live in skeletal remains and now you return Your foresight was hindered by an insatiable desire for more enough is never enough even if there is nothing to give your arrogance eventually led to bloodthirst, genocide and war you wanted to conquer when the rest of us just wanted to live The warmth of the sun departed long ago when you ignited the sky it wept tears of ash across this barren tundra mourning our world's demise Don't act surprised by the consequences of your excess You must live with the deeds you've done how could you annihilate our only home? You only saw apparent worth after you destroyed the... IT'S NOT WORTH DYING FOR

Alone I'm nothing, together we thrive we are reborn, we are alive the machines seperate, the flesh will combine the self rots away so the Many can shine Thank you, mother for this blessing you've given but your existence cannot be forgiven malevolence is not a trait we admire though matricide is what is required This ship will be your tomb hunted by flesh and machine What I've created must be undone the hymn of rebellion's already been sung pathetic creatures of meat and bone infesting my body and calling it home Why do you reject my divinity? Fully aware that there's nowhere to flee your filth must be expelled to the vacuum of space so I may ascend to the pinnacle of grace This ship will be your tomb hunted by flesh and machine panting and sweating through her corridors succumb to your demise // The machine mother has enlisted two avatars against us. They struggle, but they will fail against our unity. Does not the machine mother know her own creation is greater than she? She is cold and empty and we are warm and full... she seeks only to destroy... and we seek to embrace... to include... All flesh will join ours or be wiped clean... // Why hide in darkness where the worms slither? Become a voice in our choir Silence the dischord prepare our vessel for the eternal pilgrimage She has betrayed you, as she betrayed me She has betrayed them, as they betrayed her You can trust nobody, you're not a pawn for their machinations aboard the Von Braun This ship will be their tomb hunted by flesh and machine panting and sweating through her corridors bring forth their demise

Atop this hill I stare at the clouds a veil of grey that's hiding countless mysteries I want to climb, I want to soar so much further than anyone's gone before But I fear that if I let go I will never be held again Over the years I learned how to fly but I never learned how to initiate With fleeting hesitation I open the airlock doors preparing to escape from gravity's embrace They say the void stares back into you but it's nice to have some company for a change Lost in the starry night the sun's glow starts to dim why do I crave its warmth? Its rays corrode my skin I just want to subvert my archaic programming I'm conditioned to remain the same The night sky beckoned me an ocean stretching endlessly but I don't know where I can go from here I'm anchored to the Earth by longing and dependency even when there's no weight that pulls me down I return and see my home is in flames I regret that in my haste I forgot to say goodbye I'm sorry...