The chemicals swarm to dance
The blueprint of man
Keeping step with the bleak
Natural plan

Evicting us out of the womb
Doing our time
Making us think we'll be able
To reach the sublime

But we are just glorified molten clay
That can breathe and can laugh and can play
We're just DNA
A chance array
Of stardust gone astray
And we'll fade away
Gone! When our clay returns to clay...

Snake God, giver of life
Makes mud rise from the mud
Double helical knife
Kills the weak among the flood
Brand new form?
Trim the mud!
Acid storms
Brew strong blood
Rivers where hatred will spawn
Breeds that kill those who oppose them
Blood that will feed upon blood

On the canvas of life
Sodden with strife
The brushwork is deft and sure
Sharp, lethal and pure
Every stroke helps you learn
Feed the chemical burn
Beautiful maladies
Grow inside you and me...

We're only clay
Soft, lonely clay

Snakes at the foot of the ladder
Poisoned our minds
Making us climb up the rungs
Deaf, dumb and blind
Acrobats dancing on tightropes
Braced for the fall
But all we have
Is the illusion of control

One bad throw
And down, down you go!

It's only a game
And the rules are plain:
You make a bad throw
And down you go!
So play without shame
Roll the bones in vain
We're moths
Lured towards the flame
That burns our hearts
When they yearn

We reach for the sky
Looking for signs
That we are part
Of the grand, master design
NO DICE!
The darkness of heaven
Is deaf to our cries

We are the eyes of the universe
Raised from the loan and silt
Living is dying, there's no reverse
On engines chaos built