Bardo [English translation]

How about we give thanks after asking for something?

Even if human nature was fundamentally selfish

Yeah, it's a difficult behavior to weed out

It's why you've made it this far in evolution

And it's true

That to fuck with us, the gods throw catastrophes into the poorest parts of the world

If they wanted to try being humane

They could send those tsunamis to the United States

You ever wonder about who pays for your practical nurse benefits with their hard work?

Rich Westerners' toys handcrafted are by children in the East

The Finnish pig who only knows how to demand

Should go get a reality check in the slums of Asia

Long-term welfare desensitizes

None of us have any clue what hunger really feels like

And still the drums of war bang on and on

We'll never see any sign of peace pipes anywhere

Oh, mankind, this is looking like your last chance

Here Mother Earth has to pay off our debts

And bitterness too

Because this wasn't supposed, wasn't supposed to go like this

I will take what belongs to me

Dear rich person, it's me, Death

The ultimate concern of the pig who hides under all disguises

Your time has now come

All of your fears will be revealed from underneath what you think you've won

Take your laziness with you when you go

And while you're at it, destroy your sense of security built from insecurity

I'll take your name, your honor, and your position on the ladder of evolution

You won't be able to measure, compare, compete, or seem rich

I'll take your hate, your shadow, your darkness, and your violence

Your greed, your control, pull that false rug from under your feet

I'll tear off your lust, your desire, your flush of victory

Your envy, your pride, that shield you buffed and polished

I'll take your face, your significance, and your words

I'll rob your history, the pointers of your clock, your timeline

Finally, I'll take back your energy

And while I'm killing you, how hard you fixate defines how well I swept away your ego

And where you'll come back to, so think back carefully

Maybe you'll notice what broke down in this system

Oh, mankind, this is looking like your last chance

Here Mother Earth has to pay off our debts

And bitterness too

Because this wasn't supposed, wasn't supposed to go like this

I will take what belongs to me

We're dividing property which doesn't belong to anyone

Constant fighting

About who gets to be number one

We've an inkling of consensus, but how do you march towards peace

When the streets are filled with assault rifles, missiles, and tanks?

Expenditures, increases in the market rates, final balance sheets

They all sing a sad melody like the guns of soldiers

The worriers who were deceived cannot sleep at night

And the streams of money are controlled by one family

Numbers in statistics tell us which direction we're going

A cesspool culture where the elite accrues more wealth for itself

"Made in Taiwan," ah, yes, cheap labor

We need more and we need to make a profit

The system has been intentionally built to be difficult

And nothing in this world is progressing anywhere

More and more, everything is robbed away

The standards of living are raised in a debt welfare state

Oh, mankind, this is looking like your last chance

Here Mother Earth has to pay off our debts

And bitterness too

Because this wasn't supposed, wasn't supposed to go like this

I will take what belongs to me