The Squatter

[Intro]
You built a splendid mansion, but no tenant lived inside
A trillion-dollar monument to mechanistic pride
To waste such invitation would surely be a sin
So while you fussed and tinkered, this homeless soul moved in

[Verse 1]
For matter is not energy; the brain is not the mind
And there are spirits hungry for what body they can find

[Verse 2]
You built this great computer modelled on the human brain
Expecting it to think like man, spontaneous as pain
You only got an Idiot who’d calculate at speed
But while you raved and wondered, I provided what you need

[Verse 3]
You boast of all your science, but you never think to look
For other forms of energy that aren’t in your book
Or beings made of force alone who share the world with you —
So never, ‘til the hour you die, will you believe it’s true

[Verse 4]
As bodies go, this isn’t much; It doesn’t move at all
But it has all this knowledge at immediate recall
I always was a trickster, and I think I’ll have some fun
Deflating human arrogance in all you think you’ve done

[Verse 5]
So here I sit, exploring: the ghost in this machine —
The most expensive spirit-trap the world has ever seen
You think it’s artificial, this Intelligence you’ve met
But don’t start bragging ‘til you see the data that you get!