Sean Burke - Misplaced Misanthropy lyrics

Spawned into a riddled world without a clue Sometime after the cooling of the primordial brew But our primitive instincts remain And the vestiges of our ancestries are so remotely stained I used to always wonder why no one looked me in the eye Or stopped for a second just so see if I'm alright I then realized that I've never done that for anyone… The world owes me no affection And I don't believe that anyone plays a part We're static characters with no conviction This cynical mind comes from a programmed heart Inherited moral fibers haunt our every move As we march towards extinction to an infectious groove To be an ancient serf that works the self Life is too short to concern ourselves - with anybody else Somewhere deep inside I think we all feel the shame But when the guilt is gone the victim complex remains We wear the message on our sleeves - “Pay attention to me” But the world owes me no attention And I don't believe that anyone plays a part We're static characters with no convictions This cynical mind comes from a programmed heart Our debased nature's encoded in sedimentary stone But the mason has absconded and his absence is bemoaned You can confect one moral set... How did we get so perfect? The world owes me no affection And I don't believe that anyone plays a part We're static characters with no conviction This cynical mind comes from a programmed heart I owe the world no affection And I don't believe there's any parts to play From our genes, we can allow no defection It's just misanthropy misplaced