The Grim Lesson (Evolution Demise)

As I open my eyes
Oh, give me the heart
To face the grim truth I can't deny
The greenlands are now bare
The spring of life has dried
The mother holding her dying child
What has been left behind
Of towers rising high?

And while we thought we had
The brightest of all minds
What have we done?
The will to hold the reins
Born from the wish for life
A fever, devouring all we had
Unfit to win the fight
We were our own demise

But in this madness what have you gained?
Demolished your home for a jail
Was this the unavoidable fate
For power in the hands of apes?
Oh, in this madness what have you gained?
The illusionary throne you built
Fallen, scattered ruins and tears
Is this mankind?
Is this the logic beast?

Where is the awareness, the wonder for it all?
Where is the beauty, the poetry?
Where is the wisdom you claimed to seek?
What of all this?
What did you find past the boundary?
Was this all enough?
Will you ever learn?

But in the aftermath
Of our darkest night
There is no light of a new sun
Beyond the horizon line
We may build a new path
Or just evolve to dust