Chaos from Within

Cowering like settlers on someone else's land Mistaking advances of the natives Who have come to lend a hand It's a sad and pathetic badge of shame, my friends Terror always seems to win In the drama of human motivation Where is restraint and reason? Threat is urgent! Existential! With patience wearing thin But the danger's elemental It's chaos from within The fox-stained leaves of civilization Depict a stark repeat It's always a flaw in reasoning That fates the citizenry When the ancestor fell from the arbor The march of fear began But the predator wallowed in failure In the face of consciousness Threat is urgent! Existential! Time to scan the horizon But the danger's elemental It's chaos from within Threat is urgent! Existential! Omnipresent like a skin But the danger's purely mental It's chaos from within Chaos from within!