Hateful Hate Lyrics - 10,000 Maniacs

In the dark night a giant slumbered 

Untouched for centuries 

'Til awakened by a white man's cry 

"This is the Eden I was to find" 

There were lands to be charted 

And to be claimed for a crown 

When a hero was made by the length he could stay 

In this dangerous land of hateful hate 

Curiosity, filled the heads of these 

There was an upper room, they had to see 

Curiosity, killed the best of these 

For a hero's hometown welcoming 

Still they moved on and on and 

Who came building missions? 

Unswerving men of the cloth who gave their lives in numbers untold 

So that black sheep entered the fold 

Captured like human livestock, destined for slavery 

Naked, walked to the shore where great ships moored 

For the hell bound journeys 

Bought and sold with a hateful hate 

Curiosity, filled the breasts of these 

With some strange ecstasy 

Curiosity, killed the best of these 

By robbing their lives of dignity 

Still they moved on and on and 

Calling men of adventure for a jungle bush safari 

Come conquer the beast, his claws and teeth 

See death in his eyes to know you're alive 

European homesteads 

Grew up in the colonies with civilized plans 

For wild hinterlands, their guns and God willing 

Such a hateful hate, such a hateful hate 

Curiosity, spilled the blood of these 

For their spotted skins and ivory 

Curiosity, filled the heads of these 

Madmen with the lies of destiny 

Curiosity, spilled the blood of these 

Then blotted their lives from history 

Curiosity, filled the heads of these 

One man claimed all that he could see 

Curiosity, still entices these 

Madmen with a lusting and a greed 

Their legacy, legacy