Book of ElonMake the work mythic.

[Verse 1] I’ve met a thousand men who break the laws of the state I’ve never met a quark that could negotiate fate Legislative sedation, a nation of stasis I’m back-testing atoms to find the true basis They tell me it’s 'standard,' I tell 'em it’s flawed My religion is logic, and Physics is God Red-shift the horizon, I’m breaking the leash You’re drowning in policy, I’m finding the peace. [Pre-Chorus] What’s a decree to a cosmic degree? What’s a policy to entropy? You can argue with the judge, you can lobby for a flaw, But the universe doesn't care—Physics is law. [Chorus] Physics is law! The rest is a suggestion! Physics is law! Everything else can be questioned! Physics is law! No lobbyist can change it! Physics is law! No bureaucrat can cage it! [Verse 2] Reason by analogy, a casualty of mind A copy of a copy of a compromised design I'm stripping out the variable, the platonic ideal You're arguing the optics, I'm reinventing the wheel A million tiny strings, the Gulliver effect A syndicate of paper demanding respect I calculate the limit, momentum, and thrust If it doesn't break the physics, then the barrier is bust. [Pre-Chorus] It’s the hard-coded truth in the vacuum of space, The only foundation that we can’t erase. The rest is a suggestion, a flicker in the dark, Physics is the fire; we’re just the spark. [Chorus] Physics is law! The rest is a suggestion! Physics is law! Everything else can be questioned! Physics is law! No lobbyist can change it! Physics is law! No bureaucrat can cage it! [Outro] Physics is God. The rest is a suggestion.

[Verse 1] Half-nozzle jacket, steel in the bin Two hundred for the atoms, why’s thirteen thousand in? That’s a margin for cowards, a tax on the slow If the ratio is high, then the idiot must go I’m counting the copper, the nickel, the weight Rearrange the assembly to settle the rate Wave the magic wand, zero the friction Every markup you claim is just beautiful fiction. [Chorus] Two percent for the atoms, ninety-eight for the lie. If the ratio is stupid, let the middleman die. Check the Idiot Index, calculate the weight. I'm building it myself, I don't negotiate. [Verse 2] Me and the engineers, deep in a Russian winter Tryna buy a warhead from a Soviet-era printer "Twenty-one mil for the missile, take it or leave it" Laughed in my face, sipped the liquor to feed it Flight back to Cali, I'm quiet, I'm hyper-focused Pulled out the laptop to isolate where the joke is What is the carbon? The copper? The aerospace grade? I hit the London Exchange to calculate the facade they made Two percent for the atoms, the rest is the graft Ninety-eight percent bloat, I was doin' the math They outsource the valve to a guy in a suit Who outsources the metal, who outsources the loot Four layers of handshakes before you see sparks I’m walking the floor, I’m stripping the marks I don't need a sub-contract to a sub-contract I need a roll of aluminum, a welder, a hard-hat. [Chorus] Two percent for the atoms, ninety-eight for the lie. If the ratio is stupid, let the middleman die. Check the Idiot Index, calculate the weight. I'm building it myself, I don't negotiate.

[Intro] I became a broken record on this. I say it to an annoying degree. There are five steps. And the order... is very important. [Verse 1] Question requirements, who gave 'em a name? If it’s 'Legal' or 'Safety,' they’re playing a game Don't give me a department, give me a face Who wrote the constraint that is slowing the pace? Even if it was me, it is probably flawed Smart people's limits are a dangerous fraud Step two is deletion, go ultra-hardcore If you don’t add it back, then you should have cut more The "just in case" logic is a trap for the mind Delete the whole process and leave it behind Step three: Simplify, don’t be building a shrine To a fractional process that breaks the design The cardinal sin of an intricate mind Is perfecting a part that you should've left behind! [Chorus] Question it! Delete it! Simplify! Speed it! Automate the finish line, repeat it 'til you beat it! Question it! Delete it! Simplify! Speed it! Automate the finish line, repeat it 'til you beat it! [Verse 2] I was living in the factory, the output was choking The battery production line was functionally broken We optimized the robot path, we optimized the glue We accelerated errors that we never thought through I pulled the safety team aside and pointed at the line "Why are we installing fiberglass into the design?" They said, "It’s for the noise," so I went to the acoustic The sound guys said, "It's fire," the logic was illusive A classic Dilbert moment, a circular charade So we ran a simple test on the vehicle we made Put a mic inside the cabin, took the car for a dash You couldn't hear a difference in the silence or the clash We deleted the material, the robots, and the claws Two million dollars saved by eliminating flaws. [Chorus] Question it! Delete it! Simplify! Speed it! Automate the finish line, repeat it 'til you beat it! Question it! Delete it! Simplify! Speed it! Automate the finish line, repeat it 'til you beat it!

[Verse 1] Concrete for a pillow, I’m resting my head While the ghost of the bankruptcy paces the bed I wake up from terrors, the scent of the oil Is proving the prince and the pauper can toil I could buy my own island and buy my own peace But I’m outside the doors while the pressures increase Just a blanket and floorboards, a shivering sleep So the morning shift knows that the promise is deep If I ask for a hundred-hour week from the line Then a hundred and twenty is strictly design I’m tasting the metal, the grit in the lung While the critics are waiting to silence the tongue An ivory tower is a beautiful grave You can't sit in a crown and expect 'em to slave I’m asking for sweat, I’m emptying veins If the engine erupts, I’m going down in flames. [Chorus] ‘Cause nobody bleeds for the prince in the palace So I sleep on the floor 'til my body is callous If the team is in hell, then I’m burning alive If the ship's going down, I’m the first one to dive Yeah, I’m holding the line. Looking fear in the eye. Leave the comfort behind. Through the dirt and the lies. Close to breaking my mind. Take the bullets in stride. So the mission survives. I won't quit 'til I die. I won't quit 'til we thrive... [Verse 2] Talk about ego, talk about pride I pushed all the executive privilege aside No private parking, no corner office view If the line is in hell, then I’m burning there too A high ego ratio severs the loop It blinds you to reality, poisons the group So I smash my own statue, I break my own mold To weather the pressure, to suffer the cold You want them to march? You gotta stand in the mud We aren't just the math, we are flesh and the blood A manager delegates, hiding from grief But a general bleeds with the troops underneath I don’t manage the people, I manage the parts But I know that the victory comes from the hearts I internalize every mistake that we make I’m eating the glass for the company's sake. [Chorus] ‘Cause nobody bleeds for the prince in the palace So I sleep on the floor 'til my body is callous If the team is in hell, then I’m burning alive If the ship's going down, I’m the first one to dive Yeah, I’m holding the line. Looking fear in the eye. Leave the comfort behind. Through the dirt and the lies. Close to breaking my mind. Take the bullets in stride. So the mission survives. I won't quit 'til I die. I won't quit 'til we thrive...

[Verse 1] SR-71, no armor on the frame No prayers for the missile, just acceleration flame Three thousand locks and they never drew blood When death got close, it outran the flood Speed is the shield when the radar is screaming Speed is the sword when the market is dreaming If the rate of invention is ahead of the theft Then the copycat's chasing a ghost that left Hundred grand a day in the furnace getting spent Every slow decision got a negative percent Ten million a day in the future on the board Every hour that we waste is a decade we ignored Meetings getting bloated, calendars infected If you don't add value, then you should have disconnected Walk out the room if the room became a cage It's rude to make a builder sit and sacrifice the [Chorus] Go faster! Long timeline is the wrong timeline. Go faster! Clock don’t lie, better not waste mine Go faster! Slowing down is corrosion. Go faster! Set the future in motion. [Verse 2] Need a hundred thousand chips and the clock says never Vendors say two years, I say six months better Break it into pieces, don't worship the wall Building, power, cooling, cable, solve 'em all No time for a palace, find a factory hollow Fifteen megawatts with a hundred more to follow Generators lined up like a city made of lungs Mobile chillers humming while the heavy cable's strung Power drops hard in a hundred milliseconds Megapacks catch it like a hand from the heavens Four shifts running, no romance in the grind Sleeping in the data center, cabling the mind One twenty-two days, make the doubters look antique Ninety-two later, double it in the heat They told me impossible, I cut it into facts If physics doesn't stop it, put the pressure on its back [Chorus] Go faster! Long timeline is the wrong timeline. Go faster! Clock don’t lie, better not waste mine Go faster! Slowing down is corrosion. Go faster! Set the future in motion.

[Verse 1] They said I should outsource to keep the cost down And that's when I noticed the cracks in the crown A legacy system, a crumbling base Where a localized storm could endanger the race I ordered the parts, and the parts got delayed And I learned that a third-party promise will fade A supplier goes under, a shipment gets seized And suddenly nobody's hitting the speeds The line only moves as fast as the slowest The unluckiest vendor is bringing the lowest So I pulled it all inward, I swallowed the chain From the lithium mine to the chip in the brain I don't wait on a shipment, I don't wait on a truck I don't leave my assembly dependent on luck I’m pouring the plastic, I’m stamping the steel I’m owning the foundry, I’m owning the wheel. [Chorus] Do you know the risk? Are you moving too fast? Do you think this can last? I heard you fired your VPs, is it true? You think them engineers you with is with you? [Intro] Lookin' at the industry, I'm embarrassed They piecing cars together like a carriage Relying on a thousand different vendors While I’m inside the factory bending fenders I looked at a toy car, cast in a mold And wondered why real cars could never be sold With a front and a rear that was poured in a block The legacy makers were watching the clock I went to the casters and asked for the press They told me "impossible," wishing me less Five of 'em told me no, one said a maybe I took it as a yes and delivered the baby. Now the coils of aluminum roll in the door And a finished machine rolls right off of the floor A factory moving at double the pace Is two factories running and winning the race. [Chorus] You building your own chips? Are you burning through cash? Are you destined to crash? I heard you bet the whole company, is it true? You think them engineers you with is with you?

[Verse 1] Dead rock spins alone Red rock waits for rain Blue rock holds the flesh Flesh is holding pain Old sun burns the sky Cold wind sweeps the plain Hydrogen woke up Just to feel the strain Safe world don't exist, no No forever home exists. [Chorus] Out of the ocean, onto the land Out of the dirt, into the sky Out into space, out past the dark Out to the moon, then awaken Mars We won’t stop, no Till the red dirt holds a spark We won’t stop, no Till our candle reaches the stars [Verse 2] Blind eyes watch the ground Proud men guard the gate Big rock falls from space Wipes away the slate Fossil rests in peace Statue turns to sand If we never leave This is where we stand Next chance don't exist, no No backup plan exists. [Final Chorus] Out of the ocean, onto the land Out of the dirt, into the sky Out into space, out past the dark Out to the moon, then awaken Mars [Outro] Don’t let the candle fade. Safe world don’t exist, no. Just this fragile light exists.