Jaws of Oblivion

Storm clouds are rolling in down from the cape
The waters will rise and the ground it will shake
A serpentine form will come forth from the waves
To breathe the cool air and to lie in the shade

Deep in the tall grass, where the old willow sways
A slave to no master, no gun, germ, or blade

You think you own what surrounds you, and isn't it a shame
You forgot you're an animal, you forgot your own name
You believe that your race is won, and that you can be saved
That no form of flesh and blood could take that away

But you don't know real virtue, you're acquainted with shame
And you wouldn't know true love if it spat in your face

Now you beg forgiveness at the feet of the slave
Who once held you and cleaned you, who now readies your grave
And that serpentine form that came forth from the waves
Will devour your body until nothing remains

The strong and the fat, the weak and the lame
It's a matter of fact that we all bleed the same
When the jaws of oblivion surround you again
When the jaws of oblivion surround you again