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March 2006 According to my description of this on deviantArt, I wasn't actually angsty when I wrote this one; rather, I'd "been meaning to write something nice and apocalyptic for a while". Humans in general are pretty lame. | |
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We grew tired of the borders That separated man from man So we tore down the tollbooths The customs offices And the walls. We dragged the borders down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of the slums And their gunshots and their screams So we tore down the crack-houses The stinking alleys And the brothels. We dragged the slums down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of the cities That spewed pollution on the air So we tore down the factories The office buildings And the clubs. We dragged the cities down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of the airports With their noise and stuffy smell So we tore down the baggage claims The landing strips And gates. We dragged the airports down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of the highways With their countless crawling cars So we tore down the guardrails The passing lanes And the exits. We dragged the highways down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of the suburbs And the prissy people with backyards So we tore down the town halls The libraries And the train stations. We dragged the suburbs down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of the villages And decided we were moving to the wild So we tore down the volunteer fire departments The general stores And the graveyards. We dragged the villages down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of the forests As they obscured our sight So we tore down the deer paths The underbrush And the trees. We dragged the forests down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of the mountains Because they were cold and treacherous So we tore down the ravines The rock-falls And the crags. We dragged the mountains down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of the rocks That lay strewn upon the ground So we tore down the boulders The pebbles And the stones. We dragged the rocks down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of the grasses That tickled our feet So we tore down the meadows The hayfields And the heather. We dragged the grasses down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of the oceans That were so hard to traverse So we tore down the lagoons The inland seas And the bays. We dragged the oceans down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of the stars That made us feel so small So we tore down the planets The galaxies And the meteors. We dragged the stars down. We dragged them all down. We grew tired of ourselves Living in such an empty world So we tore down the children The women And the men. We dragged ourselves down. We dragged us all down. |