Why should we reach for the sky Why bother at all The odds are never good So why Set yourself up for greatness Block out every flaw Lie away every incoherence Declare yourself the law But then again Are we but amoebas That tread the mill of time? No way to Shangri-La Unless you start to climb Raise cathedrals for man Tear them down in disgust Not because we can But because we must Raising Eden from dust Since our downfall began Not because we must But because we can Utopia All well and good Project what's missing Unto your inadequate world Make no mistake You're all alone When the drama unfurls Go ahead Be a god Then face the inevitable Decay Wretchedness Clusterfuck Failure All is dead Clusterfuck Disaster Clusterfuck All for nothing Clusterfuck From the ashes of man Crawls a god in disgust Not because he can But because he must Raises temples of lust Starts again without a plan Not because he must But because he can