Older Than Time Itself

<br>(Hoglan)<br>What have we done?!?<br>The box has been opened  we fall<br>Three words are unleashed to plague us to the end<br>Stick around and witness our demise<br>The human condition, read, "you give and I`ll take"<br>It seems older than time itself<br>We`ve established what we have here<br>Avarice, greed and malice rule the mind<br>The strongest emotions, conquering even fear<br>No barrier impossible to climb<br>When a human is given the opportunity to flaunt his greed<br>He spares no expense at the task<br>His avidity is dominant, covetousness too prominent<br>Taking without bothering to ask<br>Let him burn!! His actions are primordial he`s never gonna learn<br>Make him bleed!! Reciprocation his just reward<br>Maturity!! Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure<br>And so it goes!! He`s a victim of his own greed<br>This behavior is intrinsic<br>Patterned after animals who`ve killed their prey<br>Inherent line of conduct, placing "want" before "need"<br>Material objects of desire what you crave<br>There`s no woman alive whose goal is merely to survive<br>Her generation screams to "have it all"<br>Her wanton lust of finer things, this attitude it only brings<br>Down her breed and casts a pall<br>Let her burn!! Her actions are primordial she`s never gonna learn<br>Make her bleed!! Reciprocation her just reward<br>Maturity!! Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure<br>And so it goes!! She`s a victim of her own greed<br>Can`t you see it`s never-ending?<br>Humanity`s rapaciousness is firm<br>"The competitive edge" is now a mass psychosis<br>A dementia with which we must come to term<br>An instinctive trait of action is this crippling malefaction<br>The multitudes with their malignity<br>Maliciousness a facet of existence as we know it<br>Mankind its own atrocity<br>Let them burn!! Their actions are primordial they`re never gonna learn<br>Make them bleed!! Reciprocation their just reward<br>Maturity!! Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure<br>And so it goes!! They are victims of their own greed<br>"Give it to me", an open palm receiving at each opportunity<br>"Give it to me", take advantage of each other`s generosity<br>"Give it to me", a selfishness mutation turns into mordacity<br>"Give it to me", what will it take to put a stop to all this gluttony?<br>"Take everything from me", the other side gives acquiescence to<br>proclivity<br>"Take it from me", closing their eyes to the plague with incredulity<br>"Take everything from me", though burdened with the pain of your<br>insensitivity<br>"Take it from me", the earth is doomed to self-destruct from this<br>voracity!!<br>You want, you need<br>With your enormous greed<br>Insatiable, your hunger will not cease<br>The gain you seek<br>The havoc that you wreak<br>Avarice, your self-control is weak<br>Self-indulgence is the key<br>The pathetic life you lead<br>All-consuming adolescent fantasy<br>You`d better grow up fast<br>`Cause this life will never last<br>And you`ll be the last one to see!!<br>Christ, I wish I had the answer!<br>I must admit, I`m only human, too<br>I`m surely not above looking out for myself<br>It`s an attitude I know I must improve<br>When a human is given the opportunity to flaunt his greed<br>He spares no expense at the task<br>His avidity is dominant, covetousness too prominent<br>Taking without bothering to ask<br>Let us burn!! Our actions are primordial we`re never gonna learn<br>Make us bleed!! Reciprocation our just reward<br>Maturity!! Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure<br>And so it goes!! We are victims of our own greed<br>What have we done?<br>The box has been opened  we fall<br>Three words are unleashed to plague us to the end<br>Stick around and witness our demise<br>This world we inhabit, all our attitudes are fake<br>We`re only here to preserve our own wealth<br>The human condition read, "you give and I`ll take"<br>It seems older than time itself!!