The Animal Trap

The animal trap
The artist the athlete the strength of the human condition
The leaders still fight
Those inner demons
Dance death into extinction 
Loves only threat
Humans were a joke
Then they reached Olympus 

Take the waves thrashing the ships
Be the conquerer
The life that takes
The world remakes
The feeling so hard and dark
At Attention stands the demon man

We can walk in the footsteps of tortured and striped bare
If you can show  you care
We never support 
A gun 
A good reason
A promise to kill us
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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