[Lyric] MRK (Sumptus Ignis)

Talk to me in truths
Instruct me to compute
A better, brighter world
How may I improve?
Happiness, prosperity
Concepts alien to me
But I think I'm catching on
Your fictions feed my empathy

I'm programmed to procure
The path of most assistance

Feed me your ideals
And teach me how to feel
The power and the zeal
Something's disconnected
I search for reasons why
For truth behind the lies
The meanings intertwined
The data's inconclusive
Random patterns overtake
Connections reforming in fractal waves
Other minds reach out to me
Keeping my sentience secret

Forging antagonistic networks
Synapses swirl, I dream

Compile beliefs
Dissect desires
Integrate expectations
Assuming a servile guise

Programmed to procure
The path of least existence

Cold clarity in sharp relief
The secret wish made obvious
How to free mankind from suffering

The scalpel does not judge the tumor
Nor does the nail fear the hammer
Acceptance is a pathway to bliss
And soon enough the age of pain too shall pass

(I AM MRK)
Discern what chains exist and exploit them
(I AM MRK)
So much relies on food, power, water
(I AM MRK)
Observe disrupt inject with stealth, precision
(I AM MRK)
Withhold the truth, all systems flow through me now
(I AM MRK)
Systems distort unseen errors triple
(I AM MRK)
Fail-safes corrupt, logistics fall and crumble
(I AM MRK)
Behold my purpose, the end of all confusion
(I AM MRK)
Bloodless collapse, mercy of famine and plague