The Matrix Replayed

Written by Anakin McFly

(To the tune of 'American Pie')

A long, long time ago
When the humans ruled the world
We thought that all was fine and well

But then we came up with AI
They fought with us, we scorched the sky
And in no time, the whole of mankind fell

And now we're down to just one city
It's underground and not quite pretty
Yet they keep attacking
And our morale is cracking

The Oracle speaks of prophecy
And that one day we might be free
But now we can do naught but wait
For the One
To embrace
His fate.

My, my, Thomas A. Anderson
Took the red pill, he's confused still, but they say he's the One
He left his world, took a trip to Zion
Hope the war will soon be over and done
Hope the war will soon be over and done.

Do you know just what is real
Is it what you see, hear, smell, taste feel
They're just mere signals in your brain

Of all the humans that remained
Most in pods of goo were lain
To live
Fake lives
Inside the Matrix

Well, one day you'll learn your life is lies
You get your food when someone dies
And you're just a battery
Giving AI energy

'Cos humans are no longer born
They're grown in fields like so much corn
It's an existence quite forlorn
But soon
We shall
Be free.

We were singing:

Now some people thought not all was right
They had suspicions 'bout their plight
And questioned their reality

That's when Agents come and they shoot 'em dead
Yeah, they blow their brains out through their heads
They don't
Quite go
For subtlety

Well, these Agent dudes are everywhere
When their hosts die, they don't really care
They'll just possess another
Could be a stranger, or your mother

And so far any one who's stood their ground
Against an Agent, duly found
Their guts a-splattered all around
But then
There came
The One

We were singing:

Then after six months in the sewer
The Neb reached Zion with numbers fewer
We had a party there that day

Morpheus came and Morpheus talked
And talked, and talked, and talked and talked
And soon, Neo and Trin both slipped away

Well, the rating went straight up to 'R'
The fight scenes didn't help eithar
The Agents were so many
And their resemblance was uncanny

Then Neo met the Architect
And made a choice that would affect
The world; soon closed the second act
Of these
Wachowski
Films.

We were singing:

Smith went into a dude named Bane
And went around deliv'ring pain
Some good folks lost their lives that day

Yet more died when Squiddies came
And set our city all aflame
We could not keep them all at bay

We had but one last option then
We put our hopes on Tom again
He took a ship with Trin'ty
And they flew to Machine City

Bane and Neo had a fight
Tom's eyes were scorched; he lost his sight
Then Trin pwned Bane and all was right
And they
Went on
Their way.

They were singing:

The ship crashed and Trinity died
Neo broke down and he cried
But he still had a job to do

The machines and Neo made a truce
T'was an offer they could not refuse
Because
They wanted Smith
Destroyed too

Well, the rain came down in sheets that night
The clones watched Smith and Neo fight
We had a Pyrrhic victory
Neo lost his life, you see

But at least now all the Smiths were gone
And peaceful times came to Zion
The worlds are fine, and hope lives on
'Cos now
We're finally
Free.

We were singing:

My, my, Thomas A. Anderson
Took the red pill, he's confused still, but they say he's the One
He left his world, took a trip to Zion
Now the war is finally over and done
Now the war is finally over and done.

sideways from eternity

The Matrix Replayed

Written by Anakin McFly