The Agonist - The Sentient lyrics

Here once stood One hundred million species Undiscovered until extinction Here once stood Unnatural amounts of pretty turned product Mechanized slaughter The sentient flaunted their machinist superiority An ersatz compensation for real instincts lost Millennia of ancestry Plowed down for modern industry The solution to their housing crisis Was in fact the cause So, why not humanity for habitats? Because they are damned if they do And damned when they can't! Euthanasia is a crimeless d**h penalty But it's still better than what they get When tortured, brutally murdered, 'Cause some f**ing coward can't make a clean living So he picks on the voiceless children "Well, they're not smart like us They won't feel a thing!" That's a fact! Please explain! Why should we even care? The things we destroyed did not need to be there (And we know what is right!) It's survival of the selfish The bi-pedal tyrant goes down with his ship in the end Here once stood Invented laws and morals Applicable to selective followers And as such, rules reserved the right To control matters of d**h and life ...Oxygen and oceans... Metal rusts, cement crumbles To err is human, not divine Prayers are so intently mumbled When proud man is forced to decline Why should we even care? The things we destroyed did not need to be there It's survival of the selfish The bi-pedal tyrant goes down with his ship in the end