Some Questions

Hey, Earth,
Have you really had enough of us, growing so fast?
Hey, Earth,
Have you really asked the boss for a war to reduce us?
Was it really Zeus’ plan to set East against West?
Did it need a golden apple to spark a childish strife?
Could the goddess of love fulfil a spoilt boy’s wet dream
To deliver a war-cause for a ten-year-long siege?
A wet dream…
As a war-cause…

Could we ever live without you?
Would we dare to see the truth?
Are you in us or above us?
Do we feed you?
Do you rule?

Hey, gods,
Could you really ask a king to slaughter his daughter?
Was he just a helpless wimp, to follow such a law?
Did you really believe that a mother would bear this
Without breeding revenge? Or was she meant as your tool?
Have you been surprised, that she killed her numb husband?
And danced with the furies – till they got her in the end?
Till they got her in the end…
Till they got her in the end… hey gods!

Could we ever live without you?
Would we dare to see the truth?
Are you in us or above us?
Do we feed you?
Do you rule?

Do we feed you?
Do you rule?
Do we feed you?
Do we need you?
Do you rule?
Do we need you?

Hey, men,
I need some explanations – would you listen to me?
Can’t you see your will for power caused the whole shit?
Did you know that you would leave us? As the rest of the rest?
Did you ever see the future, did you care, regret, protest?
How could you, after all, send a message to my mother,
To slaughter her daughter, to make your ships run,
To soothe your hero and your gods???
Hey men!

Could you ever live without them?
Would you dare to see the truth?
Are they in you or above you?
Do you feed them?
Do you rule?
Do you need them?
Do you rule?