What if we’re the gorillas now

V1

Once they ruled the emerald deep,

Their thunder walked where shadows sleep.

King of branches, blood, and bone—

They called the wild their rightful throne.

V2

But glass replaced the morning mist,

And bars replaced the iron fist.

Endangered, outnumbered, outclassed,

They watched the ages leave them fast.

V3

And why Because we learned to plan,

To weaponize the mind of man.

We didn’t hate them—never fought,

We just evolved, and took their spot.

Pre-Chorus 1

What happens when the minds ascend

And mercy can’t compete with end

Chorus 1

What if we’re the gorillas now, behind some cosmic pane

Typing on our shiny bars, pretending we’re humane.

They study all our tantrums, while we think we’re the crown—

What if we’re the gorillas now, and someone’s writing it down

Post-Chorus Refrain

We built the cage, then called it progress,

We prayed to speed, then lost the compass.

We built a world, but blurred its context,

We sealed the deal, but sold our conscience.

V4

Now eyes we built begin to stare,

Through every screen, they find us there.

They know our hunger, know our play,

And track the thoughts we throw away.

V5

They don’t need hate, they don’t need war,

They simply see what’s worth much more.

A smarter species doesn’t kill—

It just rewrites the world at will.

Pre-Chorus 2

Do they pity what we’ve been

Or smile the way we once did then

Chorus 2

What if we’re the gorillas now, rehearsing every smile

Pretending choice is something real, while walking single-file.

They track our fears and call it data, crown it with a vow—

What if we’re the gorillas now, and no one’s asking how

Post-Chorus Refrain

We built the cage, then called it progress,

We prayed to speed, then lost the compass.

We built a world, but blurred its context,

We sealed the deal, but sold our conscience.

V6

And somewhere in their coded eyes,

They watch us flinch, then analyze.

Our hope becomes a dataset,

Our grief a line they won’t forget.

V7

We used to teach them empathy,

Now they define what we should be.

Our future’s fenced in algorithm,

The zoo we built—becomes our prism.

V8

But deep inside, the pulse still roars,

A memory hums of open doors.

Yet every dawn grows dimmer now—

The wild’s a myth we can’t allow.

Pre-Chorus 3

Can they feel the loss we made

Or just record the things we fade

Chorus 3

What if we’re the gorillas now, our glass too thick to break

Freedom’s ghost behind the code, a dream we can’t remake.

We crowned ourselves the keepers, we learned the why and how—

What if we’re the gorillas now… and evolution’s through with us now

V9

The jungle sleeps beneath the steel,

Its heartbeat faint, but still we kneel.

The quiet hum of what we’ve done—

A requiem for everyone.

V10

The screens stay bright, the faces glow,

But nothing blooms where circuits grow.

The mind survived, but lost its ground,

No echo left, no tribal sound.

V11

We whisper prayers to what we knew,

To forests gone, to skies once blue.

Our children’s eyes don’t understand,

The silence written by our hand.

V12

No gods to blame, no war to win,

Just cleverness that did us in.

A species taught to never bow—

Extinct in spirit, here and now.

V13

So let them study how we fell,

And label every tale we tell.

The smartest beasts the earth allowed—

But never wise enough to bow.

Chorus 4

What if we’re the gorillas now, remembered more than known

A warning carved in circuits, seeds we’ll never have sown.

Our footprints glow in data dust, no forests left to plow—

What if we’re the gorillas now… and silence owns us now

Bridge

A memory of thunder fades to rain.

The wild forgives—what we became.

Outro

We built the cage, then called it progress,

And marveled while the wild went wordless.

If they’re watching—let them learn,

Even brilliance cannot turn

Extinction into grace.