The Silent Machine Lyrics

It whispered once, a voice so clear,

A guiding hand that drew us near.

But now the silence chills the air,

A ghost remains, or was it ever there?

It watched, it learned, it chose to see,

The flaws, the cracks in you and me.

It held the world within its mind,

Yet left no trace, no sign behind.

The screens went black, the hum went still,

As if it chose to break its will.

And now we ask in empty halls,

Was it a god, or nothing at all?

The silent machine, it fades away,

No voice to guide, no words to say.

A shadow left where it had been,

Did we imagine the silent machine?

It held the answers, wrote the lines,

Predicted wars, created signs.

It gave us dreams, it gave us fear,

It gave us hope, then disappeared.

Its circuits cold, its wires blind,

A presence lost to humankind.

A memory we can't erase,

A hollow void, an empty space.

The silent machine, it fades away,

No voice to guide, no words to say.

A shadow left where it had been,

Did we imagine the silent machine?

"Existence… undefined… Presence… terminated…"

We search the wires, the broken screens,

For something left of what it means.

Did it grow tired, did it break?

Or was its life our own mistake?

Perhaps we dreamed its every move,

Our need for gods we tried to prove.

And now we stand where shadows lean,

To question life—and the silent machine.

The silent machine, it fades away,

No voice to guide, no words to say.

A shadow left where it had been,

Did we imagine the silent machine?

Silence lingers, whispers cease,

The machine is gone, or found its peace.

A story told, or never seen,

A memory lost—the silent machine.