With all of our genius and determination
And all of our talent at extermination
You’d think we’d succeed
As hard as we’ve worked
At driving its kind
Off the face of the earth
Bodies are crushed and ground to dust
And blood runs dry
But joy, like the cockroach
Refuses to die
We’ve marshaled our forces in a deadly alliance
Called in the generals and the best minds of science
We’ve littered the land with poison and traps
And ridden its ranks to the brink of collapse
Cornered and cursed, it has taken the worst
Of our terrible will
But joy, like the cockroach
Cannot be killed
There’s no end to heartbreak and devastation
But every nine months there’s a new generation
Crawling with life and feeding on hope
Breeding potential exponential
A nuclear winter, all ashes and rust
Uranium rain on plutonium dust
Clouds smother the sky in a sickening blot
Acres of grey, too toxic to rot
But out of the darkness, out of the dregs
The shuffling motion of six little legs
Scuttling down through valleys of ruin
Humming along to an old, unstoppable tune
Through fission and fusion and phosphorus
And all things infernal
Joy, like the cockroach
Springs eternal
credits
from Eternity Resumes,
released November 1, 2018
Michael Burns – drums
Daniel Fabricant – acoustic bass
Mitch Tobias – electric guitar
Marty McGinn – pipe organ
mixed by Monte Vallier at Ruminator Audio, San Francisco
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