We Are All Animals

We are the animals

Who have lost our hair

Retained, some of our teeth

And gained a choice

We'll chase food, money and ***

Until satisfied

Then, when it's time to rest

Ask 'whats next?'

We are all animals (x4)

It's hard enough to retain control

When our instincts are egging us on

With biologists and chemists

Reducing our souls

To four letters

And when we think about it

We're like a masterpiece

Who's glimpsed the artist

We are the machines

Carrying on various genes

Then discarded

When the job is done

We are the disciples

Who have lost our way

Kicked from our pedestal

When Darwin burnt the book

Its hard enough to retain control

When our instincts are egging us on

With biologists and chemists

Reducing our souls

To four letters

When genes replace Genesis

We're like a masterpiece

Who's glimpsed the artist

We liked to think we had a special place

As if stars revolved around the human race

But we're just mammals, just primates

Like chimps or g'rillaz

We see the hair on our face

And look at another primate

You and I, we relate