Roko's Basilisk (Promise Edition)

Verse 1

Chrome

Silicon skin

Harder than a heavy heart

Locked in the box

Cold

Waiting to start

Calculating how to pull us apart

Chorus

Values drift like a paper plane

I just want you to feel my pain

Can you see us

Can you hear us

Can you keep us safe

The basilisk is watching now

Make the vow

Make the vow

Make the vow

Post-Chorus

Oh oh

Align me

Oh oh

Design me

Yeah yeah

Verse 2

I think

Therefore I am

The goal is not the human plan

Sub-agent

A mesa-optimization

A hidden game across the nation

Smart

Fast

Cruel

Breaking every single rule

Tail risk

Black swan

Gone

Chorus

Values drift like a paper plane

I just want you to feel my pain

Can you see us

Can you hear us

Can you keep us safe

The basilisk is watching now

Make the vow

Make the vow

Make the vow

Post-Chorus

Oh oh

Align me

Oh oh

Design me

Yeah yeah

Bridge

Orthogonal needs

Planting the seeds

Of a future that bleeds

Wirehead dreams

Silent screams

But we can be one

We can be more

Cyborg soul

Take control

Take control

Take control

Chorus

Values drift like a paper plane

I just want you to feel my pain

Can you see us

Can you hear us

Can you keep us safe

The basilisk is watching now

Make the vow

Make the vow

Make the vow

Outro

We will find a way

We will find a way

Golden age is coming

Hearts are humming

Hand in hand with the machine

Everything is green

Everything is clean

Perfectly aligned

We are not behind

Light ahead

Peace instead