Here by Chance

So you say we're here by chance

Blind and mindless circumstance

Born of an aimless accident

Without a helping hand

If that is so, then I would rather be

With my one-celled great, great granddaddy

Without a worry or a care

Floating in that ancient sea

If I'm not duty-bound by my design

Please forgive me if I am not inclined

To ever lift a hand for a fellowman

I wouldn't spend the effort, wouldn't waste the time

I'd treat natural selection like divine election

Wouldn't want to tamper with nature's laws

If the conscience is a fiction, it's a menacing malediction

A spoonful of guilt which only spoils the sauce

So you say we're not alone

Not heaven's image on nature's throne

The bastard child of elements gone wild

Now tragically overgrown

If so, that's great news to my ears

Banish contrition, put away the tears

Because I would love the chance to blame my flaws

On the endless dance of effect and cause

So I say we move along

Leave the race to the swift, the throne to the strong

Why should not the tyrant enjoy his crown

If there is no higher truth to pull him down

If all is pointless and random, I will stop chasing phantoms

If our only end is to be food for worms

No answer to the riddle? I won't get stuck in the middle

And will gladly play my fiddle while the world burns