Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Unnatural Selection, artist - Ayreon. Album song 01011001, in the genre Прогрессив-металDate of issue: 31.12.2007
Record label: Mascot Label Group
Song language: English
Unnatural Selection |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Listen to the warning |
| 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 |
| The sudden change leads to overpopulation |
| Shifting the balance, destructive habitation |
| Killing a live biological invasion |
| Consuming it by ruthless exploitation |
| Can you see the fire in their eyes? |
| Can you hear the anguish in their cries? |
| Can you see the beauty in their eyes? |
| Can you sense the love within their hearts? |
| I can taste the freedom we once had |
| I can touch their pain when they feel sad |
| I can smell the fragrance of the air |
| I remember times we used to share |
| Don’t want to live in a world that’s dying |
| I want to die in a world that’s living! |
| 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)) |
| We gave them feelings — what did they sense? |
| Shout out the world and put up a fence! |
| We gave them science — what did they do? |
| They built a bomb and they used it too. |
| We gave them reason — what did they learn? |
| Warmed up the planet and made it burn! |
| We gave them art — what did they make? |
| Nuclear weapons for their own sake! |
| We gave them insight — what did they see? |
| Degrade the noble, enslave the free! |
| We gave them wisdom — what did they teach? |
| Destroying all that’s within their reach! |
| We gave them language — what did they say? |
| They put the planet in disarray! |
| We gave them dreams — and what did they dream? |
| Don’t want to live in a world that’s dying. |
| I want to die in a world that’s living! |
| Listen to the warning |
| 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 |
| Can you see the fire in their eyes? |
| Can you hear the anguish in their cries? |
| Can you see the beauty in their art? |
| Can you sense the love within their hearts? |
| I can taste the freedom we once had (freedom, freedom) |
| I can touch their pain (oh, can you feel the fire?) |
| I can smell the fragrance of the air. |
| I relive the times we used to share (yeah). |
| Can you see the fire in their eyes? |
| (Oh!) |
| Can you hear the anguish in their cries? |
| (Can you feel the fire?) |
| Can you see the beauty in their art? |
| Can you sense the love within their hearts? |
| (Can you feel the beauty?) |
| Don’t want to live in a world that’s dying! |
| Oh yeah, so beautiful! |
| I want to die in a world that’s living! |
| (Yeah, yeah!) |