Older Than Time Itself Lyrics - Singles - Dark Angel

(Hoglan) 

What have we done?!? 

The box has been opened we fall 

Three words are unleashed to plague us to the end 

Stick around and witness our demise 

The human condition, read, "you give and I'll take" 

It seems older than time itself 

We've established what we have here 

Avarice, greed and malice rule the mind 

The strongest emotions, conquering even fear 

No barrier impossible to climb 

When a human is given the opportunity to flaunt his greed 

He spares no expense at the task 

His avidity is dominant, covetousness too prominent 

Taking without bothering to ask 

Let him burn!! His actions are primordial he's never gonna learn 

Make him bleed!! Reciprocation his just reward 

Maturity!! Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure 

And so it goes!! He's a victim of his own greed 

This behavior is intrinsic 

Patterned after animals who've killed their prey 

Inherent line of conduct, placing "want" before "need" 

Material objects of desire what you crave 

There's no woman alive whose goal is merely to survive 

Her generation screams to "have it all" 

Her wanton lust of finer things, this attitude it only brings 

Down her breed and casts a pall 

Let her burn!! Her actions are primordial she's never gonna learn 

Make her bleed!! Reciprocation her just reward 

Maturity!! Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure 

And so it goes!! She's a victim of her own greed 

Can't you see it's never-ending? 

Humanity's rapaciousness is firm 

"The competitive edge" is now a mass psychosis 

A dementia with which we must come to term 

An instinctive trait of action is this crippling malefaction 

The multitudes with their malignity 

Maliciousness a facet of existence as we know it 

Mankind its own atrocity 

Let them burn!! Their actions are primordial they're never gonna learn 

Make them bleed!! Reciprocation their just reward 

Maturity!! Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure 

And so it goes!! They are victims of their own greed 

"Give it to me", an open palm receiving at each opportunity 

"Give it to me", take advantage of each other's generosity 

"Give it to me", a selfishness mutation turns into mordacity 

"Give it to me", what will it take to put a stop to all this gluttony? 

"Take everything from me", the other side gives acquiescence to 

proclivity 

"Take it from me", closing their eyes to the plague with incredulity 

"Take everything from me", though burdened with the pain of your 

insensitivity 

"Take it from me", the earth is doomed to self-destruct from this 

voracity!! 

You want, you need 

With your enormous greed 

Insatiable, your hunger will not cease 

The gain you seek 

The havoc that you wreak 

Avarice, your self-control is weak 

Self-indulgence is the key 

The pathetic life you lead 

All-consuming adolescent fantasy 

You'd better grow up fast 

'Cause this life will never last 

And you'll be the last one to see!! 

Christ, I wish I had the answer! 

I must admit, I'm only human, too 

I'm surely not above looking out for myself 

It's an attitude I know I must improve 

When a human is given the opportunity to flaunt his greed 

He spares no expense at the task 

His avidity is dominant, covetousness too prominent 

Taking without bothering to ask 

Let us burn!! Our actions are primordial we're never gonna learn 

Make us bleed!! Reciprocation our just reward 

Maturity!! Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure 

And so it goes!! We are victims of our own greed 

What have we done? 

The box has been opened we fall 

Three words are unleashed to plague us to the end 

Stick around and witness our demise 

This world we inhabit, all our attitudes are fake 

We're only here to preserve our own wealth 

The human condition read, "you give and I'll take" 

It seems older than time itself!!