No freedom for the man   With the button in his hand   He will end up   Standing alone      And on the day after   All hell breaks loose   The battle will be fought   With stick and stone      The beast has our backs   Against the wall   And the power to devour   One and all      Man must reach a higher plain   For his world to remain      From this day forward   We must only look ahead   Tomorrow's dreams   May become peace at last      Reality is hard to face   'Til everything is lost   There can be no more   Living in the past      The beast has our backs   Against the wall   And the power to devour   One and all      We create our own destiny      Technology has come at last   Will it bring destruction from the past?   Now will all this wealth   And knowledge ever shield us from the flame?      History tells in grim detail   Of mans inhumanity to man   In search of worldly treasure   And to rule      Savage wars raged on and on   As though there was a plan   But battle is the religion of the fool      The beast has our backs   Against the wall   And the power to devour   One and all      Man must reach that higher plain   For his world to remain