Spoils
Unveiling Humanity's Dominion: A Melodic Discourse
Lyrics
And now with the art of casting names upon its being
With the ability to assign names, humans asserted control over all living entities.
The humans claimed dominion over every living fucking thing
Humans declared dominance over every living thing.
Proud as a purpose they became to walk the earth
Humans took pride in their purpose to inhabit the Earth.
As they arraigned the common creatures
They accused and judged common creatures.
Caught within the corpus, cursed, conscious human brain x2
Trapped in the body, cursed with consciousness, the human brain is tormented.
Every word that's ever written will fall short of its intent
Every written word falls short of its intended meaning.
Even sung or spoke or screamed, they will betray what they have meant
Spoken words, whether sung or screamed, will betray their true meaning.
They will betray what they have meant x2
Repeated assertion that words will fail to convey their intended meaning.
Language is the heart's lament
Language expresses the heart's sorrow and longing.
A weak attempt to circumvent the loneliness inherent
Language is a feeble attempt to overcome the inherent loneliness.
In the search for permanence
Humans seek permanence but face the loneliness in their quest.
Like all the future ghosts who scratch their names in wet cement
Similar to those who seek recognition, future generations leave their mark but diminish the meaning.
Demeaning meaning as they shout out at the emptiness x2
Reducing significance, they shout into emptiness, betraying their own intentions.
Abstraction is the stake between the animal and animus
Abstraction is the barrier separating the instinctual from the spiritual.
Deflesh the word as scourge of human destiny
Stripping the word of its flesh is a scourge on human destiny.
Behold the world in other people, life is charity
Recognizing the world through others, life is an act of charity.
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