The Plague of Am (Cogito Ergo Sum) - Archspire

One hundred and nine years

Trapped within the belly of the supreme machine

Only us five left

Made immortal, kept alive, Suspending time to torture

Us

Trapped down here we’re slaves inside AM

A deranged neo-cyber God that man created

Has become more alive then we are

I have no mouth and I must…

(The plague of AM)

Lifeless and drained of blood

Suspended high above

An empty body hangs

Taunting us, teasing us

We have become meaningless

He will not finish us

AM will not tolerate attempts at escape

We gave to him life, for that he despises us

In his wake, only the blasted skin of what had once

Been Earth

As we rummage through the valleys in search of food

For eons

Our every fear comes to life in AM

The torments AM casts upon us for his pleasure

Are more alive than we are

I have no mouth and I must…

(The plague of AM)

Scalding winds, lightning, lava and locusts

The machine masturbates metallic insects while mocking

Us

We have no choice but to take it well pleading to die

We are the last human survivors of the last war

The four others have been set free

I killed them to take his toys away

For this I have suffered his wrath

I will remain.

He has altered me

Down here I see my reflection

Far from what had once been human

Alone for all eternity

I slither a formless obscene pulsing slug

I have no mouth and I must…

(The plague of AM)

I have no mouth and I must scream