Civilized Man Lyrics - Singles - Shelter

There's a war in the day no peace at night 

There's blood on the hands of man yet we don't symathize 

The meateater kills the cows they just depersonalize to justify 

Their own lust as the helpless die 

And it's ironic how we cry for world peace 

But the violence won't decrease unless our murders cease 

So understand in the slaughter-house who's the beast 

And I demand that the innocent be released 

Well I've tried the best I can 

I've tried to understand 

Civilized man so-called civilized man 

Yes I've tried the best I can 

But who can understand 

Civilized man? 

Guilt free so-called morality 

Fallacy 

The 4 foods group just western medicine quackery 

(meat would be) $35 a pound but our taxes subsidize 

As 35 million starve as we gormandize 

The grains that could feed the world go to their industry 

To fatten up the catle for death and I protest 

Rain forests once here kiss goodbye the biosphere ozone nightmare 

Just see the people don't even care! 

Guilt free we overlooked the blood and brutality 

And the tv propaganda covers heinous reality 

A plea to the people of this land to do 

What they can with hope for a civilized man