💀 BLACK AGE [Mini-Opera/Small PP]

Just a silly micro-opera I came up with to cheer up under these passing dark clouds...

1. The Pessimist – A Prelude to the Black Age (00:00)
2. The Optimist – When Nightfall Holds Its Beauty (01:48)
3. The Realist – Silver Lining (04:36)

A Prelude to the Black Age

When the net has died
When the bots are the blight
When porn is the only form of art
And sanity is a crime

When the sun is dimmed by pollution
When the oceans are nothing but trash
When people kill each other for food
When psychopaths make the laws

When witches burn the priests
When men look prettier than girls
When machines are more creative
Than the history's best artists

When people turn vegetarian
As farms struggle to provide
When everything depends on oil
But only thirty years worth is left

When the Yellowstone erupts
When the major currencies collapse
When the dark Siberian swamps
Is the safest place for living

When overpopulation creates new wars
Over the last remaining fields of soil
When eighty percent of humanity
Suffers from severe mental disorders

When nuclear weapons are no more
As worse weapons take the place
When Satanism is no more extreme
As nobody believes in God

When all that's left is despair
And the will to live is rare
When nothing can be done to stop it
The black age will have begun

When Nightfall Holds Its Beauty

That doesn't sound quite right,
This dystopia, this gloom and fright.
Old man, why do you speak so dire?
Did you not see the other side?

When the moon shines bright in the sky
And the stars twinkle above
When birds sing their sweetest song
When nature is still thriving strong

When every flower blooms with pride
When every mind is open wide
When every hand is reaching out
To help those who need it most

When knowledge is free to all
When arts and culture return
When machines serve us well instead
Of ruling over us with dread

When the newest AI cures cancer
When people find ways to recycle
When love is seen as what we're here for
Instead of profit and power

For every dark there's also light
For every wrong a chance to fight
Even in the darkest times
Feel the inner peace when you close your eyes

When you worry about tomorrow
Remember that today's the day
You get to choose how you feel
No one else has control of the wheel

Silver Lining

I'm neither an optimist nor a pessimist,
I just call them how I see it.
No doom and gloom, no rose-tinted lens,
Just look at the facts and trends.

We've got some issues, sure we do,
But let's not lose sight of good too.
Technology could cure our ills,
Or make them worse in many styles.

There are wars we cannot stop,
There are places where people rot,
There are minds lost in despair,
And hearts turned cold as winter air.

Yet there's beauty in the world,
Among the ruins and the dirt.
The sun still rises every day,
In spite of all the things they say.

So be prepared for what might come,
But don't let fears consume your soul.
Embrace life's joys with open arms,
Find meaning in each fleeting storm.

That's just my take on all this mess,
Wise or foolish, you can guess.
I don't pretend to know the truth,
Just sharing what I think I should.

Life is a journey full of twists,
Of highs and lows, of joy and chills.
It's both beautiful and wicked,
And every moment is unique, it's magic!

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As always, Suno AI pulled off miracles to transform it into complete songs. The skull is a rework of the old illustration with a lovely animation created by Hailuo AI. Now the hard part is putting it online and hoping someone has similar musical tastes to enjoy it!