Survival Machine (Expanded Verses)
Thank you, Richard Dawkins
They don't plan, they don't care
They just replicate, without knowing
Building bodies for the ride
Survival's just a twist of tide
Selfish code, no grand design
Just a trick of space and time
Organisms simply play
Genes just have their own way
It's all a grand charade
Vessels in their parade
Selfish genes, they run the show
Puppets in their flow
Kin selection, it's a game
Helping kin, it's not so strange
Pass it on, and genes survive
While life's seen as truly alive
Selfish code, no grand design
Just a trick of space and time
Organisms simply play
Genes just have their own way
Meme machine, don't be confused
Cultural spread, it's all abused
Ideas push and take their chance
Like genes in a survival dance
It's all a grand charade
Vessels in their parade
Selfish genes, they run the show
Puppets in their flow
In the mirror, we all play a part
Stars of the gene's grand puppet art
We think we drive, we shape the day
It's genes that command the play
Consciousness, a fleeting disguise
Reflections in evolution's eyes
Dance to their rhythm, blind and grand
Lost in the sway of their master plan
Meme machine, don't be confused
Cultural spread, it's all abused
Ideas push and take their chance
Like genes in a survival dance
It's all a grand charade
Vessels in their parade
Selfish genes, they run the show
Puppets in their flow
It's all a grand charade
Vessels in their parade
Selfish genes, they run the show
Puppets in their flow
Yet in this dance, we find our place
A fleeting moment, life's embrace
Though genes may set the tune, we find
In their song, consciousness can unbind
They don't plan, they don't care
They just replicate, without knowing
Building bodies for the ride
Survival's just a twist of tide
Selfish code, no grand design
Just a trick of space and time
Organisms simply play
Genes just have their own way
It's all a grand charade
Vessels in their parade
Selfish genes, they run the show
Puppets in their flow
Kin selection, it's a game
Helping kin, it's not so strange
Pass it on, and genes survive
While life's seen as truly alive
Selfish code, no grand design
Just a trick of space and time
Organisms simply play
Genes just have their own way
Meme machine, don't be confused
Cultural spread, it's all abused
Ideas push and take their chance
Like genes in a survival dance
It's all a grand charade
Vessels in their parade
Selfish genes, they run the show
Puppets in their flow
In the mirror, we all play a part
Stars of the gene's grand puppet art
We think we drive, we shape the day
It's genes that command the play
Consciousness, a fleeting disguise
Reflections in evolution's eyes
Dance to their rhythm, blind and grand
Lost in the sway of their master plan
Meme machine, don't be confused
Cultural spread, it's all abused
Ideas push and take their chance
Like genes in a survival dance
It's all a grand charade
Vessels in their parade
Selfish genes, they run the show
Puppets in their flow
It's all a grand charade
Vessels in their parade
Selfish genes, they run the show
Puppets in their flow
Yet in this dance, we find our place
A fleeting moment, life's embrace
Though genes may set the tune, we find
In their song, consciousness can unbind
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Writer(s): Christian Alexander Kürten
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