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Older Than Time Itself

(Hoglan)

What have we done?!?

The box has been opened  we fall

Three words are unleashed to plague us to the end

Stick around and witness our demise

The human condition, read, "you give and I'll take"

It seems older than time itself

We've established what we have here

Avarice, greed and malice rule the mind

The strongest emotions, conquering even fear

No barrier impossible to climb

When a human is given the opportunity to flaunt his greed

He spares no expense at the task

His avidity is dominant, covetousness too prominent

Taking without bothering to ask

Let him burn!! His actions are primordial he's never gonna learn

Make him bleed!! Reciprocation his just reward

Maturity!! Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure

And so it goes!! He's a victim of his own greed

This behavior is intrinsic

Patterned after animals who've killed their prey

Inherent line of conduct, placing "want" before "need"

Material objects of desire what you crave

There's no woman alive whose goal is merely to survive

Her generation screams to "have it all"

Her wanton lust of finer things, this attitude it only brings

Down her breed and casts a pall

Let her burn!! Her actions are primordial she's never gonna learn

Make her bleed!! Reciprocation her just reward

Maturity!! Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure

And so it goes!! She's a victim of her own greed

Can't you see it's never-ending?

Humanity's rapaciousness is firm

"The competitive edge" is now a mass psychosis

A dementia with which we must come to term

An instinctive trait of action is this crippling malefaction

The multitudes with their malignity

Maliciousness a facet of existence as we know it

Mankind its own atrocity

Let them burn!! Their actions are primordial they're never gonna learn

Make them bleed!! Reciprocation their just reward

Maturity!! Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure

And so it goes!! They are victims of their own greed

"Give it to me", an open palm receiving at each opportunity

"Give it to me", take advantage of each other's generosity

"Give it to me", a selfishness mutation turns into mordacity

"Give it to me", what will it take to put a stop to all this gluttony?

"Take everything from me", the other side gives acquiescence to

proclivity

"Take it from me", closing their eyes to the plague with incredulity

"Take everything from me", though burdened with the pain of your

insensitivity

"Take it from me", the earth is doomed to self-destruct from this

voracity!!

You want, you need

With your enormous greed

Insatiable, your hunger will not cease

The gain you seek

The havoc that you wreak

Avarice, your self-control is weak

Self-indulgence is the key

The pathetic life you lead

All-consuming adolescent fantasy

You'd better grow up fast

'Cause this life will never last

And you'll be the last one to see!!

Christ, I wish I had the answer!

I must admit, I'm only human, too

I'm surely not above looking out for myself

It's an attitude I know I must improve

When a human is given the opportunity to flaunt his greed

He spares no expense at the task

His avidity is dominant, covetousness too prominent

Taking without bothering to ask

Let us burn!! Our actions are primordial we're never gonna learn

Make us bleed!! Reciprocation our just reward

Maturity!! Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure

And so it goes!! We are victims of our own greed

What have we done?

The box has been opened  we fall

Three words are unleashed to plague us to the end

Stick around and witness our demise

This world we inhabit, all our attitudes are fake

We're only here to preserve our own wealth

The human condition read, "you give and I'll take"

It seems older than time itself!!

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