Ayreon
Ayreon - Unnatural Selection lyrics
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[Tom Englund:] We have to teach them all that we know Their evolution moves far too slow Expand their minds and reject compliance Upgrade their knowledge, upload our science [Steve Lee:] This revolution will lead to their demise We should not make the same mistake twice We're kept alive by artificial means We've lost our souls to a world of machines [Jorn Lande:] Listen to the warning... [Tom Englund:] We need to teach them to fight disease They seem so helpless and need our expertise I see them dying all across the globe Their greatest foe is but a small microbe [Steve Lee:] The sudden change leads to overpopulation Shifting the balance, destructive habitation Killing a live biological invasion Consuming it by ruthless exploitation [Jorn Lande:] Can you see the fire in their eyes? [Bob Catley:] Can you hear the anguish in their cries? [Jorn Lande:] Can you see the beauty in their eyes? [Bob Catley:] Can you sense the love within their hearts? [Jorn Lande:] I can taste the freedom we once had [Bob Catley:] I can touch their pain when they feel sad [Jorn Lande:] I can smell the fragrance of the air [Bob Catley:] I remember times we used to share [Hansi Kursch:] Don't want to live in a world that's dying I want to die in a world that's living Don't want to live in a world that's dying I want to die in a world that's living! [Jorn Lande:] Listen to the warning... (Before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction. - JFK) (Humankind has acquired a collective power and ability to dramatically alter the environment of the entire planet - Gore) (This will not be another Vietnam - Bush) (The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - Roosevelt) (Our task is not only to win the battle, but to win the war - Churchill)) [Bob Catley:] We gave them feelings - what did they sense? [Steve Lee:] Shout out the world and put up a fence [Bob Catley:] We gave them science - what did they do? [Steve Lee:] They built a bomb and they used it too [Bob Catley:] We gave them reason - what did they learn? [Steve Lee:] Warmed up the planet and made it burn [Bob Catley:] We gave them art - what did they make? [Steve Lee:] Nuclear weapons for their own sake [Bob Catley:] We gave them insight - what did they see? [Steve Lee:] Degrade the noble, enslave the free [Bob Catley:] We gave them wisdom - what did they teach? [Steve Lee:] Destroying all that's within their reach [Bob Catley:] We gave them language - what did they say? [Steve Lee:] They put the planet in disarray [Bob Catley, Steve Lee:] We gave them dreams - and what did they dream? [Hansi Kursch:] Don't want to live in a world that's dying I want to die in a world that's living! [Jorn Lande:] Listen to the warning... [Jonas Renkse:] A chain on guilt around our neck A planet straying in darkness Can we save the lives we wrecked? I say we should find a way I say stop this decay [Jorn Lande:] Can you see the fire in their eyes? [Bob Catley:] Can you hear the anguish in their cries? [Jorn Lande:] Can you see the beauty in their art? [Bob Catley:] Can you sense the love within their hearts? [Jorn Lande:] I can taste the freedom we once had (freedom, freedom) [Bob Catley:] I can touch their pain (oh, can you feel the fire?) [Jorn Lande:] I can smell the fragrance of the air [Bob Catley:] I relive the times we used to share (yeah) [Jorn Lande:] Can you see the fire in their eyes? (oh) [Bob Catley:] Can you hear the anguish in their cries? (Can you feel the fire?) [Jorn Lande:] Can you see the beauty in their art? [Bob Catley:] Can you sense the love within their hearts? (Can you feel the beauty?) [Hansi Kursch:] Don't want to live in a world that's dying! [Jorn Lande:] Oh yeah, so beautiful! [Hansi Kursch:] I want to die in a world that's living!