Ayreon - Unnatural Selection

A song from Ayreon's newest album, 01011001. Lyrics below.

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

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

Listen to the Warning [8X]

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

The sudden change leads to overpopulation
Shifting the balance, destructive habitation
Killing a live biological invasion
Consuming it by ruthless exploitation

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

(Don't want to live in a world that's dying)
(Don't want to live in a world that's dead)

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)

We gave them feelings what did they sense?
Shout out the world at their defence.
We gave them science what did they do?
They built a bomb and they used it too.

We gave them wisdom, what did they learn?
Wore out the planet and mare it burn!
We gave them armor, what did they make?
Nuclear weapons for their own sake!
We gave them insight what did they see?
Vanquish the noble, enslave the free!
We gave them wisdom, what did they seek?
Destroying all that's within their reach!
We gave them language, what did they say?
They put the planet in disarray!
We gave them dreams!
What did they dream?

Don't want to live in a world that's dying.
Don't want to live in a world that's dead.

Listen to the warning [8X]

A chain on guilt around her neck
A planet straying in darkness

What can we say in lives we wreck?
I say we should find a way
I say stop this decay

Can you see the fire in their eyes?
Can you hear the anguish in their cries?
Can you see the beauty in their eyes?
Can you sense the love within their hearts?
I can taste the freedom we once had.
I can touch their pain?
I can smell the fragrance of the air.
I remember times we used to share.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ayreon
• 01011001
• Unnatural
• Selection
• Metal
• Prog
• Rock
• Opera

[Gilbarath]

@Heke32 its not racist, they are talking about two different life forms, unless of course you think that some humans are different life forms than other humans lol which is retarded because we are all the same same species sharing 99% of the same DNA with the last 1% being superficial variation in skin color, facial and other morphogenetic differences.

[Annique]

The part between 4:40 and 5:14 make humans sound like such bastards. But it is true.

[ziliestarrive]

@333sbr

Are you a genius?

Did you finish your high school?

[Jakpeacemaker]

Humans are bastards. We take and take and take and give back pollution and death.

[333sbr]

@Gilbarath are you a prophet? 99%? 

[StandingWhy]

@Zaparter na, his point is ridiculous as dna doesn't account for environmental factors, for example. if you expose a range of subjects, both human and animal (separated only for argument's sake) to certain conditions, they will almost invariably share the same response(s). obviously there is a lot more that goes into it than that, but the idea that the varying ways in which we think is an argument against the slight differences we can observe in dna is ludicrous.

[StevenAn2322]

going through the song i really did assume it was an ambient track, the 1:50 happened ...

[Zaparter]

@Gilbarath Not sure where you got your information from, but if your DNA differs 1% from mine, you could be an ape. DNA is such a massive amount of data, measuring in percent would mean humans share almost 100% the same DNA.

I still get your point though.

[DOCTOROCTAGONAPUSS]

@Gilbarath But the way we think is so different, were wired differently, and I'm not so sure that 1% can hold it.

[HazMatMedia]

The chorus in this song is very special to me, because when I look at human beings, its what I see. Moves me almost to tears when I hear it.

[DrJackyllandMrHide]

@Boahneeeehy I quote from the song "Can you see the beauty in their art?"

[Jordanationalismtion]

@Annique I would say that all this slaughter and sorrow are an unfortunate necessity. Global unity won't occur in the halls of the UN and it won't occur in the wake of a spontaneous awakening of faith- it will happen on the tip of a sword. The slaughter must be made constructive, limited, and used only when necessary, but when necessary, should be used without delay and without faltering. Someone has to drag humanity, kicking and screaming, into its new future.