Ayreon - Unnatural Selection

We have to teach them all that we know
Their evolution moves far too slow
Expand their minds and reject compliance
Upgrade their knowledge, upload our science

This revolution will lead to their demise
We should not make the same mistake twice
We're kept alive by artificial means
We've lost our souls to a world of machines

Listen to the warning Listen to the warning
Listen to the warning Listen to the warning
Listen to the warning Listen to the warning
Listen to the warning Listen to the warning

We need to teach them to fight disease
They seem so helpless and need our expertise
I see them dying all across the globe
Their greatest foe is but a small microbe

The sudden change leads to overpopulation
Shifting the balance, destructive habitation
Killing a live biological invasion
Consuming it by ruthless exploitation

Can you see the fire in their eyes
Can you hear the anguish in their cries
Can you see the beauty in their eyes
Can you sense the love within their hearts
I can taste the freedom we once had
I can touch their pain when they feel sad
I can smell the fragrance of the air
I remember times we used to share

Don't want to live in a world that's dying
I want to die in a world that's living

Listen to the warning Listen to the warning
Listen to the warning Listen to the warning
Listen to the warning Listen to the warning
Listen to the warning Listen to the warning

Before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self destruction JFK

Humankind has acquired a collective power and ability to dramatically alter the environment of the entire planet Gore

This will not be another Vietnam Bush

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself Roosevelt

Our task is not only to win the battle, but to win the war Churchill

We gave them feelings what did they sense
Shout out the world and put up a fence
We gave them science what did they do
They built a bomb and they used it too
We gave them reason what did they learn
Warmed up the planet and made it burn
We gave them art what did they make
Nuclear weapons for their own sake
We gave them insight what did they see
Degrade the noble, enslave the free
We gave them wisdom what did they teach
Destroying all that's within their reach
We gave them language what did they say
They put the planet in disarray
We gave them dreams and what did they dream

Don't want to live in a world that's dying
I want to die in a world that's living

Listen to the warning Listen to the warning
Listen to the warning Listen to the warning

A chain on guilt around our neck
A planet straying in darkness
Can we save the lives we wrecked
I say we should find a way
I say stop this decay

Can you see the fire in their eyes
Can you hear the anguish in their cries
Can you see the beauty in their art
Can you sense the love within their hearts
I can taste the freedom we once had freedom, freedom
I can touch their pain oh, can you feel the fire
I can smell the fragrance of the air
I relive the times we used to share yeah

Can you see the fire in their eyes Oh
Can you hear the anguish in their cries Can you feel the fire
Can you see the beauty in their art
Can you sense the love within their hearts Can you feel the beauty

Don't want to live in a world that's dying
Oh yeah, so beautiful
I want to die in a world that's living Yeah, yeah