Unnatural Selection Lyrics

Lyric discussion by RainbowDemon 

Cover art for Unnatural Selection lyrics by Ayreon

"Returning to the Forevers storyline, Tom's Forever notes that humans must be helped to evolve faster, to expand their minds and upgrade their knowledge. Steve's Forever argues that this will lead the to their demise; they mustn't make the same mistake twice, for they are alive thanks to machines while lacking souls. Tom's doesn't change his mind, for he sees mankind dying due to diseases; neither Steve's Forever, who claims consequences as overpopulation and a great consummation. On the other hand, Bob's and Jørn's Forevers admire this new life form, while Hansi's Forever points "Don’t want to live in a world that’s dying, I want to die in a world that’s living!". Now Bob's and Steve's Forevers discuss about how the humans have used the gifts Forevers gave, such as science (to make bombs), reason (to burn the planet), art (to create nuclear weapons), insight (to degrade and enslave), wisdom (to destroy everything at their reach) and language (to put the world in disarray). Finally, they ask "We gave them dreams, and what did they dream?". In the end, Jonas' Forever suggest to put an end to this decay, to save the lives they have wrecked.

In the middle of the song, five speeches can be heard, pronounced by John F. Kennedy, Al Gore, George Bush, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill."