Trying to harness the power of fusion
Lost, in the darkness, a cavern of ruins
This civilization got its ass whooped by Father Time
Once a proud race, hung out to dry, on-line
Fuck a grapevine
I heard it through an entanglement of ambiguous statements written on
Facebook
A land where everyone knows how your face looks
But can't be bothered to find the beauty hidden beneath your skin
And I'm sure it's magnificent
The splendor of which cannot be gleamed through the screen of the internet
I never felt so disconnected
By a medium designed to help the population reconnect
Is that your status? Or an ad?
Might I add that my status is I'm mad Life has become a fucking fad
Sometimes it makes me sit and laugh
Perhaps the power of stars isn't meant to be had

This is The Story of a man
This is a story of The Man
This is just a story of a man
It's The Story of Man

Before you stands a twisted man
Face scorched by the desert Sun, banished from his homeland
A castaway, who casts a haggard shadow on the planet's crust
Whose mettle has been bested, beaten, burned and turned to rust
But his flesh has not yet turned to dust
So travel, ever forward, yes he will, he can, he shall, he must
To satiate desires far greater than lust
Though he alienates those who would have taught him trust
He peers into an everlasting night
Realizing that the darkness has no form without the loving light
That although chaos seems to be the victor in this tug-of-war
If it were to claim victory, there would be no struggle anymore
And there could be no sadder prescription
No, there couldn't be a sicker condition
Without the struggle, there would be no need for him at all
And all would turn to ashes, as the axis cracks, breaks and falls

This is The Story of a man
This is a story of The Man
This is just a story of a man
It's The Story of Man

Ok now sir, I must contest the propositions you've proposed
That's fair my honored citizen, it's right to question quotes, oppose
The precepts postulated, even those proposed by princes be
The words of but a man, no robes can hide the fact he's still a beast
Now he's stuck here in the middle, east of sanity
An acrobat, attempting to find balance here atop this beam
Of light, and if his steps don't deter from the scheme
Written by numerals, they'll never know if his hopes were but a dream
But he thinks he's heard this fantasy
Once uttered by a man who feared his child's fate would have to be
Divined by virtue of the fact their pheno-typed on DNA
Five letters to decide their place, B-L-A-C-K
Has tainted his perception
Misdirection, coalesced into ineffable glimpses of Heaven
But now I stand here with my brethren
Hoping to be the one the dealer deals triple sevens

This is The Story of a man
This is a story of The Man
This is just a story of a man
It's The Story of Man