The Hungry Ghost Lyrics - Singles - If Hope Dies

when man made the choice that production holds more meaning than life 

he sentenced our world 

to a slow and lingering death 

strip the land of all it holds 

clear the forests down to the last stone 

convert the living to the dead 

and lose your life in the process 

our civilization can reach no peak 

it must continue to ravage the landscape 

consume all the riches it has to offer 

swallowed down into a stomach 

that can never be full 

just like a parasite 

our industries cripple their host 

and leave it 

too weak to stand 

we can lay no claim to this land 

where did mankind develop hisentitlement? 

to rape this earth and sky 

to leave it choking and waiting to die 

shows that we have developed 

a terrible hatred of life 

our culture is too busy 

consuming it's dead remains 

to see the carnage on either 

side of it's face 

yes, this is a reality 

as real as the poisons we eat 

it's in everything we touch 

we have all been marked for death 

as our skies turn grey 

and our water becomes deadly to drink 

we will all perish 

this will be our end 

our desire for production 

has doomed us 

we cannot defend 

our selfish actions 

up to this point 

how can we stop 

this monster that 

we've created? 

it will never rest 

until it's never-ending 

hunger has been sated 

just one more species extinct.