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The Astroverse

New World Machine

Every tool extends the reach of its creator.What happens when the tool begins to reshape the hand that wields it?If machines inherit our strength and eventually our intelligence, what remains that is uniquely human?

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The Other Self

Every power acquired becomes a temptation. Every convenience becomes a dependency.Every extension of the self risks becoming something more than an extension.The greatest dangers rarely arrive by force. They are welcomed, invited... integrated.I'm inside, open your eyes. I'm you.

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NEW WORLD MACHINE
Music: J. Drenning, J. Lords | Lyrics: B. Martinez, J. Drenning

I feel I'm becoming mechanized
World spinning before me made computerized
Separate from soul
Giving up control
Kills the man in me
In electric dreams...

Pre-chorus:

From here to eternity
From now to infinity
Destroyed... we watch you bleed
The New World Machine!!

Chorus:

All we are, all we need
Has become the New World Machine
All we are, all we need
Has become the New World Machine

Now it's time to take another step
Neuro-spike insertion cracks the chest
Input data speed
The memory exceeds
The emptiness in me
Fills an endless sea...

Pre-chorus:

From here to eternity
From now to infinity
Destroyed... we watch you bleed
The New World Machine!!

Chorus:

All we are, all we need
Has become the New World Machine
All we are, all we need
Has become the New World Machine

— Lead —

All we are, all we need
All we are, all we need
The New World Machine!!

Chorus:

All we are, all we need
Has become the New World Machine
All we are, all we need
Has become the New World Machine

Archived Warning:

"For stranger than the last times may seem, the last century of the millennium will overcome all the others. In that period of terror, there will be great spiritual poverty... From the sky the hell will fall... Poisoned clouds will cover the earth. Monstrous machines will dominate the skies. The fire will destroy many cities. The men will finish destroying each other ". - Found in Monastery of Sainte Claire, Perpignan, France, 14th century.