The takers take, and take, and take, and takeAnd take, and take, and takeThe takers take, and take, and take, and takeAnd take, and take, and takeCan you name me a living creatureThat kills all it's competitors for food?And when they're gone he kills theCompetitors of its food's food tooI'm talking about the birdsThe aphids, the insects, and the trees'Cause there's innumerableExtinct species among theseWe've been enacting a story for 12,000 yearsThe one that says that man must follow no natural lawThe one that says that man is distinctly separateFrom every living thingThat man is the end result of evolutionThat man is the end result of evolutionYes, the clan of Cain killed the clan of AbelSo that Cain could bear the fruit of Abel's landSo man has been killing his brother fromThe beginning of the agricultural revolutionMass killings and mass gravesGlobalization of slavesGenocide and extinctionAll the functions of civilizationMass killings and mass gravesGlobalization of slavesGenocide and extinctionAll the functions of civilizationYes, you know that the war will never be over'Cause war is our bread and butter'Cause we're living a lieThat says there's no place for any otherLiving creature that doesn't think like you and meYes, now we're going to the root of the Taker StoryWe decide what's good and badFor the entire universeAnd if what you do don't work for usWe'll turn you into dustYou savages are wildSo naked and so freeIf you don't want to dieYou have to live like meThe takers take, and take, and take, and takeAnd take, and take, and takeYou takers take, and take, and take, and takeAnd take, and take, and takeSo, even though you won't believe it native people are still aroundThey treat the earth with respect they know it's sacred groundThey live in remote places the takers still can't colonizeThey are the true voice of reason, they have nature's eyesThey've been enacting the story for three million yearsThe one that says that human must obey natural lawThe one that says that human is connected to every living thingThat man is only one strand in the web of lifeTake the dagger out your mindTake the taker out your soulWhen you do, you'll findThe taker's lost controlThe taker's lost controlThe taker's lost controlThe taker's lost controlThe Taker's lost controlThe takers take, and take, and take, and takeAnd take, and take, and takeThe takers take, and take, and take, and takeAnd take, and take, and take
