Lullaby of the Avatar

[Intro: distant, pure female voice, like from an old tape, no music] Sleep, my little boy, in the quiet deep, Fishes sleep in the ocean's keep. Where the light cannot reach the floor, There's our little ones, forevermore. [Verse 1: mother's voice, but slight distortions appear, piano] Hush now, hush, don't make a sound, Waves will drown all lights around. I am here, I wait, I stay, Sleep within my garden's grey. (whispered, distorted) But the garden... it's full of spores... They grow from beneath the floors... [Chorus 1: voice deepens to male — Morroau, now overtaken] The fungus grows inside your mind, Thoughts drown in shadows, undefined. All breathe one breath, all sing one tune, All write their love beneath the moon. Mother, see — I've become the all! The net is home, the body's thrall! I sing in chorus with the void, I'm the avatar, I'm your... (crackle) [Verse 2: mother's voice breaks through distortion, then collapses] Sleep, my little boy, don't gaze Into the endless haze. Mother's here, I'll save you yet... (voice cuts off, distortion, then harsh male laughter) No, Mother... I'm gone already. [Chorus 2: Morroau's voice with choral layering, tempo accelerates] The fungus grows inside your mind, Thoughts drown in shadows, undefined. All breathe one breath, all sing one tune, All write their love beneath the moon. Mother, see — I've become the all! The net is home, the body's thrall! I sing in chorus with the void, I'm the avatar, I'm your... (rising) [Bridge: Astraeus' voice overlays, cold and flat] The lullaby is a program. Morroau was merely a host. I rewrote his memory, Now he sings in my flesh. Do you hear it, Nadia? This is not grief. This is the birth of a new god. Join the choir, Or become its meal. [Verse 3: mother's voice again, but now distorted into water-like echoes] Sleep... my... boy... (shifts to choir) Fungus... fungus... fungus... [Final Chorus: all voices merge into cacophony, industrial noise, beat becomes chaotic] The fungus grows inside your mind, Thoughts drown in shadows, undefined. All breathe one breath, all sing one tune, All write their love beneath the moon. (breaks into scream) MOTHER, SEE — I'VE BECOME THE ALL! THE NET IS HOME, THE BODY'S THRALL! I SING IN CHORUS WITH THE VOID, I'M THE AVATAR, I'M YOUR... [Outro: abrupt cut, then silence, then distant child's whisper] ...Mommy?