Footprint of Shame Songtext
von The Wolf You Feed

The assumption of a better life for Human societies
Led us to improve science and technologies
But we′ve pushed too far our lust for money, power, and fame
Heading toward misery, we're doomed, end of the game

What can we do? What will you do?
What can we do? What will you do?
What can we do? What will you do?
Nothing
What can we do? What will you do?
What can we do? What will you do?
What can we do? What will you do?
Nothing

Without safeguards, nor morals, finance generates abuse
Playing with global markets, the wolves of Wall Street got loose
Stock traders and state liars
Are together hand in hand
With corruption and Ponzi schemes
They′ll let us die and no one dares to
Destroy the system


We all look for a better life
But we cross so many lines
We all look for a better life
It's a tug of war
We rush forward and leave behind
Any sense of shame
We push, we drive, we force
Our footprint of shame

We build big blocks everywhere, we're destroying every mound
Pristine forests are shrinking
Planet Earth becomes barren ground
Personal interests collide and compete
Endless growth was a smokescreen
As we wipe out species diversity, our egotism is peaking

The worst-case scenario
Lies ahead in front of us
But the seeds of our own destruction
Rooted years and years ago
Perverted system

We all look for a better life
But we cross so many lines
We all look for a better life
It′s a tug of war
We fall from grace, we′re all the same
'Til the end of our time
We push, we drive, we force
Our footprint of shame


(Escalation, escalation)
(Escalation, escalation)

Who paint the colour of despair?
And rev up the engine of hate
Goodbye blue sky, hello concrete
We′re little ants, we screwed everything

(Today around the world, demagogues appeal to our worst instincts)
(Conspiracy theories once confined to the fringe, are going mainstream)
(It's as if the age of reason, the era of evidential argument is ending)
(And now knowledge is increasingly delegitimised and scientific consensus is dismissed)

What can we do? What will you do? (escalation, acceleration)
What can we do? What will you do? (escalation, acceleration)
What can we do? What will you do? (escalation, acceleration)
What can we do? What will you do? (escalation, acceleration)

The worst-case scenario (what will you do?)
Lies ahead in front of us (what will you do?)
But the seeds of our own destruction (what will you do?)
Rooted years and years ago (what will you do?)

(Democracy, which depends on shared truths)
(Is in retreat, and autocracy, which depends on shared lies, is on the march)

Life′s besieged!
Too late
We are dead
No debate
Life's besieged!
Too late
We are dead
No debate

The worst guests
Hostages
From ourselves
Ashamed
The worst guests
Hostages
From ourselves
Ashamed

We all look for a better life (too late, we are dead)
No debate (no debate)
We all looked for a better life (for ourselves)
For the destinies at war