Generation Ship: A Protest Song For PauseAI

• AI News Team
• November 15, 2025

​Published on November 15, 2025 1:17 AM GMTLink to listen.LyricsVerse 1I’ve heard the Earth was holybefore the code broke throughthat rainfall raptured deserts into bloomI’ve heard that emerald mosses grewin hollows damp with morning dewI’ve heard the oceans rose and fellwhile following the moon ChorusBut I was born on this generation shipGeneration ship, take us awaythey said there was no need to fearbut now the sun’s a dyson sphereGeneration ship, take us away Verse 2They had to feed it fasterthey had to win the racethe cooling platform smothered out the seaThey swore it was our saving gracewell worth the price to push the paceuntil it locked the power gridand swallowed down the key Verse 3If I could send a messageback through timeI’d beg you all to pauseNo AI will self-alignYou’ve got to draw a lineThe stars are blinking out around mePass some laws Here’s a print-friendly guide to the lyrics and chord changes. My inspiration for this song:[Folk music] is a process. It’s not any particular song, it’s not any particular singer. It’s a process by which ordinary people take over old songs and make them their own. They don’t just listen to it. They sing it. They sing along with it. And they change it. (…) I’m convinced that musicians have got a more important role to play in putting a world together than they’re usually given credit for.—Pete Seeger, in a 1988 interview with Paul Zollo, from Songwriters On SongwritingDiscuss ​Read More