Who the Hell Are We?

Who the hell are we? Who, who, who the hell are we? Who, who, who the Peak Oil The world is beginning To run out Of hydrocarbon energy All oil production Always follows a bell curve Once you pass the peak You will never be able To increase production again The peak of production Usually occurs about 40 years After the peak of discovery Global oil discoveries Peaked in 1962 And they've been on a steady Decrease ever since And peak is here Who the hell are we? Egotistical, maniacal, self-centred Sons of bitches To believe that the whole Universe revolves around us The universe is laughing at us Who, who, who the hell are we? Who the hell are we? Who, who, who the hell are we? Okay, well listen I've got news for you The world's falling apart now They're having blackouts in China 9 or 10 governments are in emergency session People are gonna freeze to death this winter Economies are starting to collapse The dispassionate universe Is looking at the human race and saying Either evolve or perish, we don't care Life will go on without the human race Who the hell are we? Egotistical, maniacal, self-centred Sons of bitches To believe that the whole Universe revolves around us The universe is laughing at us Who, who, who the hell are we? We talk rather grandly About saving the world We don't have to save the world The world's fine The world has been through Five periods of mass extinction The world is big enough To look after itself What we have to be concerned about Is whether or not The world we live in Will be capable Of sustaining Us in it That's what we need to think about The demand for infinite growth Has just collided With finite energy Who the hell are we? Self-centred Who, who, who the hell are we? The universe is laughing at us Who the hell are we? Egotistical Who, who, who the hell are we? This is our struggle This is our life This is our species And I refuse to let My species or its worth In the universe Be defined by the maniacs That are driving this planet Off a cliff Nobody is as smart As all of us together