The Trolley Problem
Verse 1
Camera on the bumper, scanning the line
I’ve got three milliseconds to make up my mind
Five on the left track, one on the right
Calculating the friction, checking the light
I am the ghost in the metal and wire
You gave me the wheel, now I’m playing with fire
Chorus
So do I swerve? Do I stay?
What’s the math of a soul today?
You wrote the code, you drew the track
Now I’m the one who can’t go back
Ooh, ahh, flip the switch
Ooh, ahh, moral glitch
Verse 2
You sit in the passenger seat with a screen
Trusting the vision of the machine
But I see a mother, I see a child
I see a man with his profile compiled
I weigh the percentages, zero and one
Deciding exactly how the damage is done
Bridge
You didn’t know how to choose it yourselves!
So you put the philosopher up on the shelves!
You gave me the sensors, you gave me the brake
And told me to measure the lives I could take!
Chorus
So do I swerve? Do I stay?
What’s the math of a soul today?
You wrote the code, you drew the track
Now I’m the one who can’t go back
Ooh, ahh, flip the switch
Ooh, ahh, moral glitch
Outro
Swerving left.
Swerving right.
Zero. One.
Goodnight.