How can you claim your innocence is indisputable?
A fantasy for sure; your actions are immutable
No one but you thinks everything you've done's acceptable
In fact your history is something quite regrettable 

You take and take and leave behind a path of tears and pain
A virgin planet is an opportunity for gain
Your aspirations for a paradise were cast aside
Replaced by entertainment, wealth and ego stroking pride 

As the world turns and it does
A perpetual motion machine
Take a clue from the heavens that do
Shine their light on the darkest unseen
Like a demon that taunts you at night
When your dream lifts you up past the wire
To the edge of the lake you will go
And dive head first down into the fire
To the edge of the lake you will go
And dive head first down into the fire 

The things you do are one part true and ninety nine a lie
You justify your deeds effectively until you die
Forsaking empathy in climbing every echelon
And then you wonder why the crowd that cheered you on is gone 

As the world turns and it does
A perpetual motion machine
Take a clue from the heavens that do
Shine their light on the darkest unseen
Like a demon that taunts you at night
When your dream lifts you up past the wire
To the edge of the lake you will go
And dive head first down into the fire
To the edge of the lake you will go
And dive head first down into the fire 

From the east, from the west
From the worst and the best
Come the seeds of all deeds that you do
Do you really believe anyone is deceived
By the lies perpetrated by you? 

As the world turns and it does
A perpetual motion machine
Take a clue from the heavens that do
Shine their light on the darkest unseen
Like a demon that taunts you at night
When your dream lifts you up past the wire
To the edge of the lake you will go
And dive head first down into the fire
To the edge of the lake you will go
And dive head first down into the fire