Older Than Time Itself - Dark Angel

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  advantange  of  each  others'  generosity
"Give  it  to  me"
A  selfishness  mutation  turns  to  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  increudulity
"Take  everything  from  me"
Though  burdened  with  the  pain  of  your  insensitivity
"Take  it  from  me"
The  earth  is  doomed  to  self-destruct  from  the  voracity!!!

You  want,  you  need
With  your  enormous  greed
Insatiable,  your  hunger  will  not  cease
The  gain  you  seek
The  havoc  that  you  wre