Destruct - Echoes of Life Lyrics
1. Wars of Attrition
they devise wars of attrition
throwing cash at militias
satellite states comply
public opinion shifts
the same war that lasts forever
but what of all the terror?
2. Why Not Love
failures weight in time alone at night you cry
"why? why not love?"
lost in life you find yourself
slowly going nowhere
"why? why not love?"
you want it but you can't be it
when you had it you could not believe
3. (Symbols of) Human Failure
lured in by medals, glory, class, valor
no more fear no more tragedy
it's a symbol of human failure
4. Mutual Destruction
tribes of survivors lay in the wake
consumed by futile resistance
mutual destruction
when we reach the end
what will we have to show
tribes of survivors lay in the wake
radiation sick denial of fate
5. Cost of Progress
private contracted U.S. bomb
dropped on a bus of children
one hundred wounded fifty dead
forty children
what for? is this the cost of progress?
6. Insolent Death
ordered to level, their time is up
killing for profit killing for green
insolent death confined by domain
killing for profit killing for greed
7. Echoes of Life
natural world faces its greatest ordeal
severe weather assaults the globe
humanity threatens life of earth
thousands of species forever lost
those who survive find hell on earth
domination (by) all cost
is proper and just
now the... impact... is felt...
8. Corrupt Dreams of Justice
cities devastated
"just the price we pay"
entire families raped and torn
they tell you it's all for freedom
corrupt dreams of justice
once you hear the sirens
you'll know it's too late..
9. Onward to Collapse
could it be mankind was wrong?
moving toward obliteration
onward to collapse
advancement will not last
start from soil, zero again
cadavers fresh in radiation
unexpected, impending blast
onward, onward, towards our collapse
10. Drain
I know it's there
I can't feel a thing
my brain's in the gutter
my life down the drain
everybody's stuck
I gotta kill this pain
can'd stand it, cocaine
one more to make me feel sane
my body's busted, laid out in the rain
11. Love/Fear
alone but always together
half efforts bring only pain
you love it - you love fear
anywhere it's outside your door
the cold standard paranoia
nightmare becomes the dream
you hate it - can't stop crying
run inside and hide - what for?
12. Inevitable
guilty conscience do what you're told
how many die till we get what we're owed
death is
inevitable
corrupt system you had me sold
how many must die
till we get what we're owed
