[Intro] [Verse 1] Cowering like settlers on someone else’s land Mistaking advances of the natives Who have come to lend a hand It’s a sad and pathetic badge of shame my friends Terror always seems to win In the drama of human motivation Where is restraint and reason? [Chorus] Threat is urgent existential With patience wearing thin But the danger’s elemental It’s chaos from within [Verse 2] The fox-stained leaves of civilization Depict a stark repeat It’s always a flaw in reasoning That fates the citizenry When the ancestor fell from the arbor The march of fear began But the predator wallowed in failure In the face of consciousness [Chorus] Threat is urgent existential Time to scan the horizon But the danger’s elemental It’s chaos from within [Guitar solo] [Chorus] Threat is urgent existential Omnipresent like a skin But the danger’s purely mental It’s chaos from within Chaos from within