Cradle Will Fall

歌詞

A species in its infancy A living idiosyncrasy This naked-ape believes itself divine Assured of its supremacy It dreams of immortality The first words that it speaks: "This world is mine!" But the time has come for us to realize That the animal instincts we deeply despise Are far more civilised than humanity Mankind has lived to curse the day it climbed down from the trees But still we keep our heads held high whilst crawling on our knees I hope I never live to see the perfect world you crave Where ambition is the burden we shall carry to our graves We think that we are so superior For in God's image we were made All other life we deem inferior There to exploit, kill or enslave No amount of demonstration Could ever show a mind so small That it is not the be and end all Into the future we race driven on by our greed Like rats in a maze we will never be free Science is the new religion Scalpels slash, dissecting truth and reason Behind locked doors where no-one sees Down evolution's one way street mankind pursues his dream Of a race conceived in test tubes with the same designer genes But like a child who tries to run before it learns to crawl He'll go crying to his 'Mother' when he sees the cradle fall I am human! I was made to be the ultimate machine With the power at my fingertips to realise my dream Homo Sapiens, the master race Nature's pride and joy Taking all the world will give me What it won't I shall destroy In our hearts we yearn to be immortal Conquer all sickness and disease Create a world where even death's not fatal Then we can shape our destinies A populace of plastic people live genetically pre-programmed lives And no-one laughs and no-one cries Blinded by science the masses are duped and deceived, By the faces that smile from their color TV's They'll steal your dreams, remove them surgically But leave you scars so deep and lasting God is dead, man has surpassed him Like children in our playground we contrive such foolish games But fail to see the consequence of suicidal aims No matter how we bend the rules there's no way we can win Not even pleading ignorance will vindicate our sins I am human! I was made to be the ultimate machine With the power at my fingertips to realise my dream Homo Sapiens, the master race Nature's pride and joy Taking all the world will give me What it won't I shall destroy Mankind a babe in arms Believes he's come of age And reaches for the stars With one foot in the grave I am human! I was made to be the ultimate machine I am human! I have the power to realise my dream I am human! An automaton - a mindless techno slave I am human! I am servant to the monsters I have made I am human!