No freedom for the man With the button in his hand He will end up Standing alone And on the day after All hell breaks loose The battle will be fought With stick and stone The beast has our backs Against the wall And the power to devour One and all Man must reach a higher plain For his world to remain From this day forward We must only look ahead Tomorrow's dreams May become peace at last Reality is hard to face 'Til everything is lost There can be no more Living in the past The beast has our backs Against the wall And the power to devour One and all We create our own destiny Technology has come at last Will it bring destruction from the past? Now will all this wealth And knowledge ever shield us from the flame? History tells in grim detail Of mans inhumanity to man In search of worldly treasure And to rule Savage wars raged on and on As though there was a plan But battle is the religion of the fool The beast has our backs Against the wall And the power to devour One and all Man must reach that higher plain For his world to remain