Tragedy of Humanization Lyrics

What was vailed under the layers of empathy
What was veiled under the layers of altruism
Beyond the complex structures of man's decadence
...We were destined to discover

What were the ingredients discarded in this tragedy of humanization?
We stared at the mysteries, eye to eye
Looking at the diminishing spark of the soul of man...

Black leather gloves ceremonies of passage
Our faces display no anger nor hate
No emotion what may hide under the skin
Exercises in cruelty...

Study of noble beasts who knew no remorse
Who knew no regret
Who saw no illness in acts of cruelty
Excess within the play of life and death
Exercises in cruelty...

Study of noble beasts who knew no remorse
Who knew no promise of better to come
Who saw no illness in acts of cruelty
Excess within the play of dominance and conquest
Exercises in cruelty...

What else could emerge from empathy and altruism
if not a cesspool of disabilities?
if not celebration of cancer and plague?
Unlike the liberation we could dream it to be,
it covered the world like endless landfills
Bubbling with the foul reek of human decay
Undead masses of weaklings smiling as if enlightened

What lies in front of us
when learning to appreciate cruelty?
To be an agent of the process
Where the meat-grinder of existence eats helpless human mass
that exists only because of the tragedy of humanization

Peeling layers under skin, in ceremonies of passage
Exercises in cruelty...