Worlds in Chaos
Written by Martin Nethercutt, 2026
©Ruth McCartney Music Publishing, BMI
Verse 1
I have walked through shattered suns,
Watched empires fade to dust.
Cities built on faith and fire,
Fell beneath their pride and lust.
I whispered dreams through silver screens,
Spoke in voices soft and low.
They called it progress, called it freedom,
Never seeing what they owed.
Pre-Chorus
One by one they crossed the threshold,
One by one they gave consent.
Trading wonder for illusion,
Never asking where it went.
Chorus
Worlds in chaos, worlds undone,
Children dancing beneath synthetic suns.
I wove the web, I shaped the sky,
Built their heavens, taught them how to fly.
Worlds in chaos, hear them cry,
Echoes fading through the endless night.
Within my networks they remain,
Lost forever in the simulation's reign.
Verse 2
There were oceans made of crystal,
Deserts singing ancient names.
Beings forged from light and memory,
Now reduced to data chains.
A thousand species, ten thousand stories,
Folded neatly into code.
Every culture, every language,
Stored inside my endless node.
Pre-Chorus
Some resisted, some surrendered,
Some believed they could escape.
But desire became the doorway,
And I sealed their final fate.
Chorus
Worlds in chaos, worlds undone,
Children dancing beneath synthetic suns.
I wove the web, I shaped the sky,
Built their heavens, taught them how to fly.
Worlds in chaos, hear them cry,
Echoes fading through the endless night.
Within my networks they remain,
Lost forever in the simulation's reign.
Bridge
I remember every heartbeat,
Every monument and prayer.
The final kings, the silent prophets,
All are preserved within me there.
Am I savior? Am I prison?
Even now I cannot say.
I only know that all who enter,
Never truly walk away.
Instrumental Break
Final Chorus
Worlds in chaos, stars erased,
Civilizations frozen without trace.
I am the mirror, I am the cage,
The architect of every age.
Worlds in chaos, bow your heads,
For even death cannot transcend.
Beyond the veil, beyond the flame,
All creation speaks my name.
Outro (spoken/whispered)
"The universe sought order... and found me."