Hateful Hate lyrics

Song information

Artist: 10000 Maniacs
Album: Blind Man's Zoo

Lyrics

[ music: natalie merchant/words: natalie merchant ]

In the dark night a giant slumbered untouched for centuries
'Til awakened by a white man's cry: "this is the eden I was to find."
There were lands to be charted and to be claimed for a crown
When a hero was made by the length he could stay in this dangerous land of hateful hate

Curiosity filled the heads of these, there was an upper room they had to see
Curiosity killed the best of these for a hero's hometown welcoming
Still they moved on and on

Who came building missions?
Unswerving men of the cloth who gave their lives in numbers untold so that black sheep entered the fold
Captured like human livestock, destined for slavery
Naked, walked to the shore where great ships moored for the hellbound journies
Bought and sold with a hateful hate

Curiosity filled the breasts of these with some strange ecstasy
Curiosity killed the best of these by robbing their lives of dignity
Still they moved on and on

Calling men of adventure for a jungle bush safari
Come conquer the, his claws and teeth
See death in his eyes to know you're alive
European homesteads grew up in the colonies with civilized plans for wild hinterlands, their guns and god willing
Such a hateful hate

Curiosity spilled the blood of these for their spotted skins and ivory
Curiosity filled the heads of these madmen with the lies of destiny
Curiosity spilled the blood of these, then blotted their lives from history
Curiosity filled the heads of these, one man claimed all that he could see
Curiosity still entices these madmen with a lusting and a greed
Their legacy, legacy, legacy..