“In a variable world, good times
inevitably give way to bad times.
That was an ancient lesson. Basing
your numbers on the good times
set you up for disaster.”
“In a variable world, good times inevitably give way to bad times. That was an ancient lesson. Basing your numbers on the good times set you up for disaster.”
- Dan Flores, Wild New World
*the earliest scientifically published evidence of Homo sapiens in North America dates somewhere between 21,000 to 23,000 years ago. However, 13,000 years ago is widely accepted as the period in which Homo sapiens spread largely across the continent.
I’m going to tell you a story
About this continent we’re standing on
It didn’t always look like this
Obviously a lot has changed here in the past hundred, two hundred, five hundred years
But this change took place a little further back than that
And starts much further than that
We’ll begin at the ending
The fall of one of the greatest dynasties earth has ever known
A kingdom that reigned for almost 200 million years
Until their fall paved the way for our ascent
BY-THE-FINGERNAILS MAMMALIAN RESILIENCE
WE CRAWLED BACK FROM UNDERGROUND
AS THE BIG GUYS FINALLY START TO ROT
THE UNDERDOGS REBOUND
DUST SETTLES / SUN SHINES
INFINITE NICHES TO UNCOVER
OUR ONLY KILLER A PAST RECOLLECTION
THAT’S WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE ENEMIES OF EACH OTHER
JUNGLE BECOMES DESERT
BABY’S FIRST WORD ARE EAT OR BE EATEN
WE ARE EATEN AND EATEN AND EATEN AND EATEN
UNTIL ONLY THE BIGGEST BRAINS START TO GET BY
OUR FIRST STINT IN A MASS EUGENICS PROJECT
WE STAND ON OUR HIND LEGS FOR THE FIRST TIME
SO WE MAY BEGIN TO SEE FARTHER INTO THE DISTANCE
BUT SADLY WE WILL STAY SHORT SIGHTED
FOR THE REMAINDER OF OUR EXISTENCE
About this continent we’re standing on
It didn’t always look like this
Obviously a lot has changed here in the past hundred, two hundred, five hundred years
But this change took place a little further back than that
And starts much further than that
We’ll begin at the ending
The fall of one of the greatest dynasties earth has ever known
A kingdom that reigned for almost 200 million years
Until their fall paved the way for our ascent
BY-THE-FINGERNAILS MAMMALIAN RESILIENCE
WE CRAWLED BACK FROM UNDERGROUND
AS THE BIG GUYS FINALLY START TO ROT
THE UNDERDOGS REBOUND
DUST SETTLES / SUN SHINES
INFINITE NICHES TO UNCOVER
OUR ONLY KILLER A PAST RECOLLECTION
THAT’S WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE ENEMIES OF EACH OTHER
JUNGLE BECOMES DESERT
BABY’S FIRST WORD ARE EAT OR BE EATEN
WE ARE EATEN AND EATEN AND EATEN AND EATEN
UNTIL ONLY THE BIGGEST BRAINS START TO GET BY
OUR FIRST STINT IN A MASS EUGENICS PROJECT
WE STAND ON OUR HIND LEGS FOR THE FIRST TIME
SO WE MAY BEGIN TO SEE FARTHER INTO THE DISTANCE
BUT SADLY WE WILL STAY SHORT SIGHTED
FOR THE REMAINDER OF OUR EXISTENCE
