"Transcendence"
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto "The Ocean" by Dar Williams

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When I came to your town at the top of Beyond
Oh I must confess, I was drawn, I was drawn to Transcendence, 
I thought it spoke to me 
It said, "Look at us, we have all the Known Net 
But we're still not trans-sapient. 
We're still sapient, aren't we though?" 

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	Oh, that's what Transcendence can ask of a body 
	And that's when I came back to town 
	This town is a song about you 

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		You don't know how human you are 
		You don't know how much I adore you 
		You are a welcoming back from Transcendence 

I went down to the ocean today 
With my HUDs and net links, I sat down to think by the ocean 
But disaster struck quickly 
Oh, the Blight shouted, "What are you trying to find, 
I don't care, I'm not kind 
I've swallowed your planets, polluted their meme-space!"

	Oh, it's ashes to ashes, Blight rotting this town
	But the Blight still can't strike at this ship
	Oh, this ship is a song about you 

		You don't know how human you are 
		You don't know how much I adore you 
		You are a welcoming back from Transcendence

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			The Network is screaming, the rumors are flying
			Fanatics are scheming, my people are dying
			I just want to cry, I don't want to be brave
			But the galaxy's frying and no one can save it
			No one except you, and me, and our friends...

	But the friends that we trusted so well 
	Are the ones that get swallowed up whole 

		I have a good and I have an evil 
		Does that god in your head really mean you feel nothing?
		Please, let me welcome you back from Transcendence--

I didn't lock them away. 
I wanted to find out if you were more man, or Power
So, about our companions... 

I brought them to you, look at me, look at them 
With their salt up the stem 
But you frowned when I smiled, and you continued to blame them

	You said, "This is no time for human compassion," 
	You said, "Don't you know we're at war!" 
	Yeah, human compassion's what I'm fighting for-- 

		You don't know how precious you are 
		Walking around with your little minds twinkling
		I am the one who lives with Transcendence,

	That's what I'm becoming, you know, 
	And it's too late for me to turn back. 

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		At the end of the day, at the edge of the Slowness
		Walk to the ocean, rise up by our bootstraps, 
		Wade in with these workboots, try to finish the job.

		You don't know how precious [human] you are 
		I am the one who lives with Transcendence 
		You don't know how / I am the one.
		You don't know how / I am the one.