Sacrifice paradise

Ignorance, malice, ambition combined

Second prize don't entice

Indoctrinated we stand alongside

Enterprise in disguise

And our eyes, and our eyes begin to wander the sky

Telling lies, alibis

And we cry, and we cry as they start to multiply



This sleep here in front of me

Six miles from side to side

A caprice of geology

Standing mountain high

The wall whispers no apology

Doesn't answer why

The landscape changes radically

As it's reaching for the sky



And no one can pass by

No matter how you try

And if they let you in

You can't come out again



The flood will descend from here

And everything will fall

An arrogant decision

Our destiny for all

No serum intended here

No antidote in mind

All the species all the plants

From the beginning of all time

All gone away in the blink of an eye



Sacrifice paradise

Ignorance, malice, ambition combined

Second prize don't entice

Indoctrinated we stand alongside

Enterprise in disguise

And our eyes, and our eyes begin to wander the sky

Telling lies, alibis

And we cry, and we cry as they start to multiply



From the comfort of leather chairs

Turn jungles into fields

A segregated conference

Outsiders forced to yield

And those who cannot wield a pen

Or haven't got a voice

Are all labeled incompetent

And they're all bereft of choice



And no one will be spared

There's vermin in the air

And they don't even care

This will reach everywhere



The fire ignited here

Will spread from coast to coast

The center of attention

Yet overlooked by most

No island, no refuge made

These ultraviolet waves

Infiltrating everything

And everyone inside

All gone away in the blink of an eye