Wounded Land

Living in the greenhouse Growing crops that we can't eat Making money out of poverty Turning forests into meat We got our fingers on the trigger Of some suicidal gun The population's getting bigger Underneath a dying sun There's a fire in the furnace And there's nothing left to burn Buried waste has reached the surface Is there nothing left to learn? Every day ozone getting layered Every way life is getting worse Everybody's lung is getting cancer Everyone has something more to lose Every country armies are rising Every gene splitting into two Every breath monoxide getting stronger Every sea whales are beached Economies are growing Subsistence life is dead We can't sustain this growth And things are coming to a head We gotta learn to climb down The ladder of success With two feet on the ground We gotta clean up all this mess There's a fire in the furnace And there's nothing left to burn Buried waste has reached the surface Is there nothing left to learn? Every life extinction is forever Every town riots in the streets Every sky greenhouse is affecting Every tree dying in the breeze Every plant chemical pollution Every song relying on the beat Every lake water getting shorter Every heart aching for release Aching for release Aching for release Aching for release Aching for release Surviving in a world of mass production We must all consume to live Our working lives to give And join the unemployment lines When confidence is low Confidence is low Confidence is low Confidence is low A man must try to sell His labor to the highest bid Keep his anger hid And try not to get pulled Into the vicious undertow Vicious undertow Vicious undertow Vicious undertow But even in the middle classes They fall into that hole Aspiring to the goal of rising From the yoke of such an exploitative state Exploitative state Exploitative state Exploitative state Consume to live Consume to live

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Modern man has turned his back On old philosophies Lost the spiritual universe And gained reality Worship money, scientists And grim normality What use are logic, power And wealth with no society? Scan the mind stand by earth Give it time your rebirth When forests become desert And the seas are filled with slime Rivers wash the soil away We still ignore the signs We must rely on instincts We've left buried in our heads Will rich men eat their money When they've killed the world stone dead? Stand behind the boy king's curse Now we find days of dearth Days of dearth Days of dearth Days of dearth Days of dearth...

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

He's just another victim of the system's bloody knife A problem evader, an escapee of life A temporary soma not yet prescribed Has stripped him of ego with each lungful imbibed Get your mind-set altered here I will provide you with some fantastic gear Up down sideways forward and back Our children submit to lysergic attack Hiding in tantric mesmerized trances As the warehouse lightshow flickers and dances Synapses snap as his madness advances Leaving him open to paranoid fancies Lost in the garden of fantastic mind I'm leaving my ego and body behind Trails of false images hang in the air The smell of strange colors are heard everywhere Over the rainbow and into the light I'm orbiting slowly, I'm high as a kite Can't remember my name anymore Everything's changed since I opened the door Get out demons get out controlling my brain Freak out healing freak out going insane Hit out feelings hit out cannot explain Reach out reeling reach out calling my name For twenty-four hours time has no meaning But several days later kicking and screaming With delusions of grandeur and one o'clock fit A family signed section has me caught in the net Can't seem to regain control of my fears The world's receding and leaving me here Get out demons get out controlling my brain Freak out healing freak out going insane Hit out feelings hit out cannot explain Reach out reeling reach out calling my name A shot of the hard stuff Makes him tranquil and straight No danger to public, himself or the state Under sedation he won't shed no tears Inwardly tortured by demonic fears Can't remember my name anymore Everything's changed since I opened the door Get out demons get out controlling my brain Freak out healing freak out going insane Hit out feelings hit out cannot explain Reach out reeling reach out calling my name Ravers, gyrators heaving with sweat Have you tried any good ecstasy yet? If you don't wind up sleeping in gardens of stone You'll be a new person if you ever get home For the sake of your sanity, family and friends Leave subconscious traveling to gurus and men Who're prepared for the journey With no beginning or end 'Cos a mind that is broken is a hard thing to mend

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

He makes big generators Chewing up the atmosphere He learns the secrets of nature Then destroys her without fear See him burning the fruits of his labors And with joy in his heart digs the graves Of those that he's trying to save Oh, self destruction's his aim See the soil turn to dust See the steel turn to rust Killing all those he loves Thanking god up above The paradox of man The paradox of man He has colossal power But he's helpless as a lamb He's a mass of contradiction The paradox of man And he envies the power of his neighbors And he still fails to see he's become his own Worst enemy Oh, will he ever learn? See the truth turn to lies See the greed in his eyes Wasting all that remains His soul trapped in chains The paradox of man The paradox of man He makes big generators Chewing up the atmosphere He learns the secrets of nature Then destroys her without fear Soil turn to dust Can his power ever last? The chains of his gain Reveal secrets of his past Bitter is his greed But man will never pay Oh, lead me through Lead me through the faults of his rage He has colossal power But he's helpless as a lamb He's a mass of contradiction The paradox of man The paradox of man The paradox of man The paradox of man The paradox of man

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

(Part 1 - 'Conception') I am me, I am real Free to take part in the game But I don't qualify I never helped to write the rules And if you see me acting strange Please don't hurt me with your scorn I will not comply It's been the same since I was born (Part 2 - 'Realization') The wisdom of the mystics is the devil's own disguise His fingers flick the tarot deck Keep weak ones mesmerized What twisted minds would hide Behind the cult of living death? Man and nature so defiled white dove with hawkish head What a true man feels defines the world's disease After centuries his blindness can't be healed What a true man feels defines the world's disease After centuries his blindness can't be healed The disappearing sands of time are leaving us no trace What deity would best describe the mighty human race Has vanity dressed up our god in likenesses of man? When selfishness and greed and lust are all we understand What a true man feels defines the world's disease After centuries his blindness can't be healed What a true man feels defines the world's disease After centuries his blindness can't be healed What a true man What a true man feels (Part 3 - 'Resurrection') I can't philosophize with you When you don't see the things I do You don't think beyond the fringe Of this tiny world you're in See me dancing on clouds, hear me thinking out loud True believers, Jesus freakers, heaven in your hand Self relying, sanctifying, help me understand Eye of the needle, free the people in the desert land Meek inherit, they won't share it, rulers of the sand Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah...

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

Between the tumbling of the mountains And the vastness of the sky Lurks a power that we all dream of None of us knows why She flies into a temper Every time she comes awake Lead us not into destruction With the mess that we now make Oh Mother Earth don't seal our fate I'm still standing in the light of day She's the great benign she-wolf Who gives breath to every life She's a builder and destroyer But she will not be sacrificed She flies into a temper When thunder rapes the skies Our mother and protector Through the interstices of time Oh Mother Earth don't seal our fate I'm still drowning in the ultraviolet rays But in the temples Where the children play They've split the atom Turning night-time into day Oh Mother Earth don't seal our fate I'm still standing in the light of day Oh Mother Earth don't seal our fate I'm still standing in the light of day Oh Mother Earth

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Burning the sands alight way into the air Dark black clouds obscure the sky, a twilight of despair And Babylon is overrun by armies of the lord Who cleanse their souls in holy wars And sing in praise of sword The mighty cross of Jerusalem The crescent moon of Troy Saracens and noblemen A sport they all enjoy Churning black, the seas awash environmental doom Oil wells are set alight, obscure a darkling moon Euphrates valleys overrun by armies of the West Sent by god to claim their prize A black gold treasure chest The mighty cross of Jerusalem The crescent moon of Troy Saracens and noblemen A sport they all enjoy From the cradle of civilization Springs the mother of all wars A U.N. team of investigation The breaking of all human laws We will never finish what we started And break the tyrants' rule Just like all those old time crusaders We're the only fools Evil takes what evil needs And there ain't no middle way Just like all those Christian martyrs We're the ones who'll pay Join the new crusade Join the new crusade Join the new crusade Join the new crusade...

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

How can you worry? We've got so much time The world can keep on spinning But the sun will always shine If you walk around with both your eyes open Don't let them know your heart is broken Just keep it with mine Just keep it with mine You may be tired, but you're not so very old We can make changes To the course of this road If you're keeping your heart and mind open And never stop wishing and hoping Our children depend on us all Let's teach them to answer the call Time is running fast, but we're learning at last Let your heart always shine And keep it with mine Keep it with mine Keep it with mine

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025