Unnatural Selection
Ayreon
01011001 (2008)

[Tom Englund:]
We have to teach them all that we know
Their evolution moves far too slow
Expand their minds and reject compliance
Upgrade their knowledge, upload our science

[Steve Lee:]
This revolution will lead to their demise,
We should not make the same mistake twice
We're kept alive by artificial means
We've lost our souls to a world of machines

[Jorn Lande:]
Listen to the Warning [8X]

[Tom Englund:]
We need to teach them to fight disease
They seem so helpless and need our expertise
I see them dying all across the globe
Their greatest foe is but a small microbe

[Steve Lee:]
The sudden change leads to overpopulation
Shifting the balance, destructive habitation
Killing all life, biological invasion
Consuming it by ruthless exploitation

[Jorn Lande:] Can you see the fire in their eyes?
[Bob Catley:] Can you hear the anguish in their cries?
[Jorn Lande:] Can you see the beauty in their eyes?
[Bob Catley:] Can you sense the love within their hearts?
[Jorn Lande:] I can taste the freedom we once had
[Bob Catley:] I can touch their pain when they feel sad
[Jorn Lande:] I can smell the fragrance of the air
[Bob Catley:] I remember times we used to share

[Hansi Kürsch:]
Don't want to live in a world that's dying
I'd rather die in a world that's living

Listen to the warning [8X]

Before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all
humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction
Human Kind has acquired a collective power and ability to
dramatically alter the environment of the entire planet
This will not be another Vietnam
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
Our task is not only to win the battle, but to win the war

[Bob Catley:] We gave them feelings what did they sense?
[Steve Lee:] Shout out the world and put up a fence!
[Bob Catley:] We gave them science what did they do?
[Steve Lee:] They built a bomb and they used it too!
[Bob Catley:] We gave them wisdom, what did they learn?
[Steve Lee:] Wore out the planet and made it burn!
[Bob Catley:] We gave them armor, what did they make?
[Steve Lee:] Nuclear weapons for their own sake!
[Bob Catley:] We gave them insight what did they see?
[Steve Lee:] Vanquish the noble, enslave the free!
[Bob Catley:] We gave them wisdom, what did they seek?
[Steve Lee:] Destroying all that's within their reach!
[Bob Catley:] We gave them language, what did they say?
[Steve Lee:] They put the planet in disarray!
[Bob Catley:] We gave them dreams!
[Bob and Steve:] What did they dream?

[Jonas P Renkse:]
A chain on guilt around our neck
A planet straying in darkness
Can we save the lives we wrecked?
I say we should find a way
I say stop this decay

[Jorn Lande:] ad libs