[Intro] [Hook] Oh, The horrors, That can be unleashed, When faith is placed, Above logic, When knowledge is brandished, With abandon- Without wisdom, Morality side-lined, For more power! [Guitar Solo] [Verse] Ruminations, Formulations, A dash of ego, With a heap of errors, Sliding down the slippery slope, Slipping toward the crushing Void, With a heart to hope, We worked the stones, Grand halls... And mausoleums, With hope to ease, We fought the cold, Hearth-fires... And burning heathens! Oh! We climb to the top, On the backs of all around us! How much is of our own doing? [Chorus] We augment our suffering, With heartless machinery, With calculated hubris, So afraid of what we are! We augment our lives, To pretend there are no scars, But there's always scars, [Post-Chorus] This life is not a dream, no, And while we grope for ways- To make it so... We compose- Our own- Nightmares! [Guitar Solo] [Piano Lead] [Verse] Inflated, Conflated, A bit of self-deprecation, With a pound of flesh, Utilizing science for the armory, Singing hymns to raise the treasury, Oh! With a mind to help, We filled the granary, Abundance- Slavery, With hope to heal, We mastered chemistry, Vaccine and medicine- Toxins and pollutants, Oh! We burn our home, For the taste of gold! [Chorus] We augment our suffering, With manufactured misery, With calculated ignorance, So afraid of what we are! We augment our lives, To pretend we're the center of it all! But we're so small, Yeah, so small, In the scheme of the all! [Post-Chorus] This place is beautiful, Though suffering- Is part of this reality, Life is not a dream, no, And while we grope for ways- To make it so... We compose- Our own- Nightmares! [Outro]
