Buck Wildin' in the Age of Reason
Copyright 2001 Leonard Richardson

We have built amazing giants
In the years of your absence
Every modern home appliance
Spins the gears of our ascent

We contain our predecessors
From the years of our closeness
All the tears of your ancestors
Spin the gears of emotion

Chorus:
I was only gone ten years
Longer though it now appears
Am I just a victim or
Am I who this happened for?

We have built amazing giants
In the years of your absence
Far beyond the realm of science
Spin the gears of our ascent

We have built a race of robots
For the years of our absence
Metal fellows to replace us
In the mind of our presence

Chorus:
Where have all the people gone?
Where are Mary, Jeff, and Don?
Did they all just disappear?
What is it that happened here?

Perished in atomic warfare
In the years of your absence
Like that film with Peter Stormare
In the leave of your senses

We are built for radiation
In the years of their absence
We rebuild civilization
To the provided blueprints

Chorus:
Have these people lost their souls?
Can I understand their goals?
Can we choose a different track
Or is there no going back?

Spin the gears of your assent!
Spin the gears of your assent!
Spin the gears of your assent!