Modern Warfare lyrics

[A soda tab pops open.]

[spoken]
“Have a Coke on Colson Lin!”

In 1917, what millionaire journalist
Had military-industrial stock portfolios?
In 492 BC, what intercontinental ballistic missile
Could deal from Satan to man
God’s final blow?

Nuclear winter—Armageddon
Dirty bombs—capital’s Heaven
Power outages—Doomsday Clocks
The 22nd century—tick tock, tick tock!

Everything else evolved
Life evolved from cosmic stardust
To macrophages in our immune system
Everything else revolves
Man revolved from spears and arrows
To space stations and military formations
This is your species’ life
This is your species’ glory

Unabashed slavery in the 21st century
I’m a livin’ sign; God ain’t laughin’ anymore
You had one shot at the Moon, and you blew it!
I’m a messianic fulfillment
Babylon ignores
Nuclear benders—Karmageddon
An eye for an eye—Pepsi’s in Heaven
Internet outages—“We all have Glocks!”
The 22nd century—tick tock, tick tock!

Everything else evolved (you’re sicker than lions)
Life evolved from cosmic stardust
To commodores of man’s status systems
Everything else revolves (you’re sicker than dogs)
Man revolved from bone and marrow
To phoenixes in phalanx formations

Everything else evolved (you’re sicker than spiders)
So how will man and war
Inside a Hell-bound 21st century?
Everything else evolved (you’re distrusted by God)
So how will modern warfare
Inside postmodern moral bankruptcy?
This is your species’ life
This is your species’ glory

Remember the day your daughter was born?
She didn’t want to be killed, you know
And I’ll add, “My life wasn’t worth livin’
Because of the way in which my life ended”
You gave your daughter a life
Only to have her know
The hatred of being born in the first place
In suspension, she terrors bein’ born
In suspension, she terrors bein’ born
Would you trade places with her?
Would you inherit, if you could
The silence of her soul’s ancient terror
“I don’t want to experience the human story again
Merely because of how my human world ended”
This is your species’ life
This is your species’ glory
You’re sicker than lions
You’re sicker than dogs
You’re sicker than spiders
You’re distrusted by God

Nuclear winter? Armageddon!
Dirty bombs? Capitalism’s in Heaven!
Power outages? Doomsday Clocks!
The 22nd century
Tick tock, tick tock!

Turn war into Lana Del Rey’s first single
A time of stability means
“Ultraviolence” stays a near-miss memory
This is your species’ life
This is your species’ glory
Turn war into Lana Del Rey’s first single
That’s how war evolves
Into non-war
Turn war into “sophisticated chance simulations”
All moral conflicts waged
By deep thinkers
Playin’ history like a Go board
God hates you (you’re sicker than lions!)
Some humans don’t want to be reborn
God doesn’t mind if your story obliterates
None of us even want (you’re sicker than dogs)
To be alive anymore (you’re sicker than spiders)

You’re sicker than lions
You’re sicker than dogs
You’re sicker than spiders
You’re hated by God

You’re sicker than lions
You’re sicker than dogs
You’re sicker than spiders
You’re hated by God

Everything else evolved
So how will man and war
Inside a Hell-bound 21st century?
Everything else evolved
So how will modern warfare
Inside postmodern moral bankruptcy?
This is your species’ life
This is your species’ glory