Help me
You want me to help you?
Man is evil
Capable of nothing but destruction

Once upon a time
There was a very serious situation growing
There was a farmer and a farmyard filled with animals
And this is the story of their times

Old man Sammy had a farm
Walked the land with the rifle
Most of the time shit was calm
His whole life was maintained off the everyday labor
From the mules in the field to the cattle in the stable
This is how we kept food on this table (maxing)
You would have he was disabled by the way he be relaxing
Acting like Mr. Magnificent
But the animals was thinking something different
The sentiment was tension in the barnyard
Throughout the years they had been through mad drama
With the farmer, word is bond
And they all came to one conclusion
They argued there was no way they'd ever be free
If it was up to humans
Therefore the only course left was revolution
Which was understandable
And since the pigs promised to lead in the interest of all the animals
They planned a full attack under the leadership of Hannibal
The fattest pig in the pack
The next morning on the farm, everything was calm
Just before dawn but before long
The sun got so hot it made the farm seem electric
Now check, it this is when that shit got hectic
Directed by Hannibal, the animals attacked
Old Sam was in a state of shock and fell up on his back
And dropped his rifle reaching in vain
Each and every creature from the field at his throat
Screaming, "Kill, feel the pain"

This is the animal in man (this is the animal in man)
This is the animal in you (this is the animal in you)
This is the animal in man (this is the animal in man)
Coming true

This is the animal in man (this is the animal in man)
This is the animal in you (this is the animal in you)
This is the animal in man (this is the animal in you)
Coming true, true (true)

After they ran the farmer off the farm
The pigs went around and called a meeting in the barn
Hannibal spoke for several hours
But when talks about his plans for power
That's when the conversation turned sour
He issued an official ordinance to set
If you not a pig from this day forth then you insubordinate
That's when the horses went buck wild
One of them shouted out
"You fraudulent pigs, we know your fucking style"
Hannibal's face was flushed and pale
All the animals eyes full of disgust and betrayal
He felt the same way Sam felt
They took his tongue out of his mouth
And cut his body up for sale, for real
You better listen while you can
It's a very thin line between animal and man
When Hannibal crossed the line they all took a stand
What would have done? Shook his hand?
This is the animal in man

This is the animal in man (this is the animal in man)
This is the animal in you (this is the animal in you)
This is the animal in man (this is the animal in man)
Coming true

This is the animal in man (this is the animal in man)
This is the animal in you (this is the animal in you)
This is the animal in man (this is the animal in man)
Coming true

This is the animal in man (this is the animal in man)
This is the animal in you (this is the animal in you)
This is the animal in man (this is the animal in man)
Coming true

This is the animal in man (this is the animal in man)
This is the animal in you (this is the animal in you)
This is the animal in man (this is the animal in man)
Coming true

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    agreed, Orwell was a committed socialist. He fought for the anarchist/socialist side of the Spanish Civil War. It always makes me laugh to see these Tea Party nutcakes draw from Orwell, saying he warned us of socialism. He "warned" us of totalitarianism and the importance of democracy and freedom. Not that i think its at all valid to guess what the dead would think, but id guess he would have the same feelings on the american healthcare system i do, its stupid and we need to go with the rest of the world and socialize.

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