The modern age
is nothing but the product
of a contemplative rage:
The Elected, scribbling in the margins
of the Holy page.
Cloaked and daggered,
wandering into the Iron Cage.
So follow me, and I will show you how
the fate of the world has been determined.
So gather up your brothers,
come along and let's set sail.
Surely bound for heaven,
and predestined to fail.
Expend but do not spend
without end
until the curtain's falling.
Ear's deaf to the warning,
bent sharply toward the Calling.
So follow me and I will show you how
the fate of the world has been determined.
(Note: For clarification of context, see Max Weber's "Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism")
credits
from When This Was Paradise [Demo],
released July 24, 2014
It Was Written by Josh King, Cody Pieschl, Tanner Sauvan, and Josh Wood.
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