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Ayreon( Arjen Anthony Lucassen )
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Unnatural Selection
[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 [8X]
[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! [2X]
[Jorn Lande:]Listen to the warning [8X]
(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 [4X]
[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! (Yeah, yeah!)
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