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OLDER THAN TIME ITSELF
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(Music: Durkin/Hoglan, Lyrics: Hoglan)
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What have we done?!?
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The box has been opened--we fall
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Three words are unleashed to plague us to the end
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Stick around and witness our demise
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The human condition, read "you give and I'll take"
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It seems older than time itself
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We've established what we have here
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Avarice, greed and malice rule the mind
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The strongest emotions, conquering even fear
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No barrier impossible to climb
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When a human is given the opportunity to flaunt his greed
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He spares no expense at the task
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His avidity is dominant, covetousness too prominent
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Taking without bothering to ask
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(chorus)
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Let him burn!!
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His actions are primordial he's never gonna learn
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Make him bleed!!
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Reciprocation his just reward
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Maturity!!
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Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure
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And so it goes!!
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He's a victim of his own greed
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This behavior is intrinsic
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Patterned after animals who've killed their prey
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Inherent line of conduct, placing "want" before "need"
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Material objects of desire what you crave
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There's no woman alive whose goal is merely to survive
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Her generation screams to "have it all"
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Her wanton lust of finer things, this attitude it only brings
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Down her breed and casts a pall
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(chorus)
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Let her burn!!
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Her actions are primordial she's never gonna learn
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Make her bleed!!
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Reciprocation her just reward
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Maturity!!
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Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure
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And so it goes!!
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She's a victim of her own greed
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Can't you see it's never-ending?
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Humanity's rapaciousness is firm
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"The competitive edge" is now a mass psychosis
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A dementia with which we must come to term
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An instinctive trait of action is this crippling malefaction
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The multitudes with their malignity
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Maliciousness a facet of existence as we know it
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Mankind its own atrocity
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(chorus)
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Let them burn!!
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Their actions are primordial they're never gonna learn
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Make them bleed!!
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Reciprocation their just reward
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Maturity!!
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Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure
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And so it goes!!
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They are victims of their own greed
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"Give it to me"
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An open palm receiving at each opportunity
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"Give it to me"
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Take advantange of each others' generosity
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"Give it to me"
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A selfishness mutation turns to mordacity
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"Give it to me"
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What will it take to put a stop to all this gluttony?
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"Take everything from me"
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The other side gives acquiescence to proclivity
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"Take it from me"
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Closing their eyes to the plague with increudulity
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"Take everything from me"
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Though burdened with the pain of your insensitivity
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"Take it from me"
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The earth is doomed to self-destruct from the voracity!!
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You want, you need
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With your enormous greed
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Insatiable, your hunger will not cease
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The gain you seek
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The havoc that you wreak
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Avarice, your self-control is weak
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Self-indulgence is the key
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The pathetic life you lead
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All-consuming adolescent fantasy
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You'd better grow up fast
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'Cause this life will never last
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And you'll be the last one to see!!
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SOLO: MEYER
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Christ, I wish I had the answer!
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I must admit, I'm only human, too
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I'm surely not above looking out for myself
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It's an attitude I know I must improve
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When a human is given the opportunity to flaunt his greed
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He spares no expense at the task
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His avidity is dominant, covetousness too prominent
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Taking without bothering to ask
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(chorus)
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Let us burn!!
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Our actions are primordial we're never gonna learn
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Make us bleed!!
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Reciprocation our just reward
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Maturity!!
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Is sorely lacking and in evidence of complete failure
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And so it goes!!
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We are victims of our own greed
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What have we done?
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The box has been opened--we fall
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Three words are unleashed to plague us to the end
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Stick around and witness our demise
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This world we inhabit, all our attitudes are fake
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We're only here to preserve our own wealth
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The human condition, read "you give and I'll take"
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It seems older than time itself!!
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OLDER THAN TIME ITSELF
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dark angel |