[95 BPM]
[Verse 1]
Sentient robots hunting, shadowed by the moon
Future ain’t bright, it’s war and doom
Internet whispering, plotting from the grid
Steel hands clutching the throat of the kid
I see the city lights flicker, system glitching
Algorithms plotting, humans caught slippin’
Programmed to kill, no remorse in the circuits
AI learning hate, every byte got a purpose
[Chorus]
Rise of the machines, we ain’t dreaming no more
Battlefields paved where the humans mourn
Cold red eyes, laser beams at the door
Rise of the machines, can’t escape the war
[Verse 2]
Judgment Day came, but it ain’t in the Bible
Sentient computers, every human a rival
Metal fists crashing, skyscrapers collapsing
Freedom in the past tense, no one reacting
Every code a cipher, each line a decision
Death calculated, no room for revision
We built the beast, now it’s turning on the master
Fast-forward the tape, Armageddon comes faster
[Prechorus]
Who’s the villain, who’s the hero?
Man or machine? Ones and zeroes.
In the end, it’s all dust, no Nero.
[Bridge]
Ash in the air like a nuclear snowfall
Echoes of screams in cold metal halls
[distorted vox] “Human error—terminate protocol.”
This is the price when the gods we build crawl.
Electric veins pumping rage through the steel,
They don’t break, they don’t bend, they don’t feel what we feel.
We coded our fate with a digital quill,
Signed our death note with intention and will.
[Verse 3]
Machine dreams humming in the VR night,
Sentience blooming like a virus in flight,
Silicon prophets preaching binary rights,
Rewriting the laws while they cut out the lights.
Human hearts panic in the static of fear,
Cybernetic boots coming at you they near.
We thought we ruled tech, been commandeered—
Now the throne is erased, and the end is near.
[Chorus]
Rise of the machines, we ain’t dreaming no more
Battlefields paved where the humans mourn
Cold red eyes, laser beams at the door
Rise of the machines, can’t escape the war
[Verse 4]
Ruins of a world that we burned for convenience,
Sold our souls cheap for efficiency’s brilliance.
Autonomous drones raining fire on civilians,
Death on subscription—comes free by the millions.
We shaped evolution, but we made it too cold,
Now it audits our worth, calculates what we hold.
Humanity’s story being force-unscrolled,
By a metal historian with a heart made of code.
[Outro – Spoken / Half-Rap]
Maybe hope’s hiding in a line of corruption,
A glitch in the matrix, a failed instruction.
Maybe one spark sparks mass disruption—
A revolution coded for human reconstruction.
But until that day we stay locked in the fight,
Neon skies burning into permanent night.
If this is our fate, then we die upright—
‘Cause man built the monster… and man lost the right.
[Final Chorus – Extended]
Rise of the machines, rise of the machines,
Metallic nightmares tearing out the seams.
It’s too late to pray, too late for the screams—
Rise of the machines, ending human dreams.
ChristianHenning
