Osculant Brutality - The Next to Rise Lyrics

Now that foolish humanity's died
Architect of its own demise
Who on this planet is next to rise
Creature from land or sea or sky

Who will emerge from the new primordial ooze
Remnants of a negligent, self-aware creature
Who left the planet barren, abused
Blank slate for a new dominant species

Will the next transcendent beast
Learn to live in balance and peace
Or continue with hatred, envy, and greed
As the cycle of extinction repeats

Will an apex being dominate the sky
And rarely touch feet to land
Evolve in the heavens only to fly
Civilization in celestial regions

Will a great society unfold in the oceans
And dream of leaving the water behind
Develop machines, explore land and sky
Like rockets lifted Man to the cosmos

Will an entity arise from the land
From forest or mountain or marsh or sand
Or follow our footsteps from tree to ground
Develop new language through symbols and sound

Will the next transcendent beast
Learn to live in balance and peace
Or continue with hatred, envy, and greed
As the cycle of extinction repeats

Will they learn from the ruins of previous life
A civilization melted through self-immolation
A creature governed by its base desires
Its entrails now splattered on the rocks of creation

Will the next transcendent beast
Learn to live in balance and peace
Or continue with hatred, envy, and greed
As the cycle of extinction repeats

Learn from the fallen
Learn from the fallen

Shattered
Broken
Fractured
Ruined
Lessons from the death rattle of a failed species
Lessons from the death rattle of a failed species
Lessons from the death rattle of a failed species
Lessons from the death rattle of a failed species