Civilization...Empire...Said prayers and spoke of all things....Freedom...Restore calm...Voices...Comfortable majority...Ancient legends....(?)destiny....(?)...Fate(faith?)...You're Listening to the world...Warning...(....all politics......)....Freedom....Civilization...Freedomlization....Freedom

We fight we rule
the will to conquer
symbols of oppression
make borders obsolete

Eradicate exterminate
all species from the earth
in the name of progress
we call peace

These islands collapsing-
we burn, we rape, obliverate
our conscience heavy
we take and take
These islands collapsing-
no turning back
the damage is done
you can't change life
nowhere to run

... greed ... hate ... corruption ... bastards

These islands collapsing-
we burn, we rape, obliverate
our conscience heavy
we take and take
These islands collapsing-
no turning back
the damage is done
you can't change life
nowhere to run

it's a transition, it's like having a passport to another life and for us to get into the afterlife

Civilization...Empire...Said prayers and spoke of all things....Freedom...Restore calm...Voices...Comfortable majority...Ancient legends....(?)destiny....(?)...Fate(faith?)...You're Listening to the world...Warning...(....all politics......)....Freedom....Civilization...Freedomlization....Freedom

We fight we rule
the will to conquer
symbols of oppression
make borders obsolete

Eradicate exterminate
all species from the earth
in the name of progress
we call peace

These islands collapsing-
we burn, we rape, obliverate
our conscience heavy
we take and take
These islands collapsing-
no turning back
the damage is done
you can't change life
nowhere to run

... greed ... hate ... corruption ... bastards

These islands collapsing-
we burn, we rape, obliverate
our conscience heavy
we take and take
These islands collapsing-
no turning back
the damage is done
you can't change life
nowhere to run

it's a transition, it's like having a passport to another life and for us to get into the afterlife

Somewhere between the darkness and light
Faces all glow but its not too bright
Civilization, its all about knives and forks

Isn't she here? What time is it now?
Is this the right place? Do I fit with her crowd?
I'm gonna be a civilized man someday

Part of me wants to jump and shout
Part of me wants to tear it down
I thought you might prefer the cabernet

Civilization, its all about sex
Havin' a ball in a padded banquet
I'm gonna be that really cool guy someday

The waiter looks me over
Would you like cream or sugar?
I don't know - what was I supposed to say

She wonders if I'll notice
I should have brought some roses
Her plate is full, she hasn't eaten all day

Glasses collect we order some booze
She looks at me, I stare at her shoes
Mature situations, maybe a broken heart

Maybe I ought to pay the bill
Maybe she thinks I never will
A million things that cross a woman's mind

Just be yourself, well that's what they say
I barely know who I was yesterday
I'm gonna be that civilized guy someday

Good friends and conversations
The rise and fall of nations
A moments glory and they've had their day

And on my high school folder
I drew a big gorilla
Something familiar, something far, far away

Somewhere between the darkness and light
She touches my hand, she don't seem to mind

We can go home, we can be civilized

Stand in line as we march to the drums of the east,
Paralyzed and possessed by crusaders deceased,
Lost in the silence, the call from the turbulent times.
Bound by the science that lives on the lips of the wise.

The beating of a million drums.

The fire of a million guns.
The mother of a million sons.

Civilization

Lost in the silence, they bow to the call of the east.
Tantalized and seduced by the demons released.
Ears to the ground by the name of the merciless guide (sky).
Onto the fire that burns in the all seeing eye.

when the sun turned red
when the moon was ours
before the machines wiped our souls
when our hearts stopped pumping
and our minds were dim
this is my new hymn

civilization
claustrophobia
combination
combustible

commandment
community
compliments
complicity

this is my reality
this is my civilization

devotion
devaluation
devious
declaration

degenerate
dimension
destructive
directive