Neil Innes - Them lyrics

They came in countless numbers Without hope, without hopelessness On jelly limbs Faceless Crawling out of the living sea The green world welcomed them It sweetened the air for them And above all, the sun warmed them And dried them By night, in dreamless sleep The new life filled them Piping strange harmonies in the blood Fusing the beginnings of bones Then hunger awoke them And sleepy with a sense of being They arose and moved inland Fulfilling their new-found needs They called out to one another The winds carried their cries Over mountains, through forests Across deserts and oceans Great distances were traveled The strong devoured the weak The quick devoured the slow The cunning devoured the foolish They fed on each other without malice Or remorse Their purpose was survival Life was their achievement They formed into groups Some took to the air Some burrowed underground And some returned to the water From icecap to icecap The globe rang with their cleverness And with each turn Gave them meaning