Lyrics
Quintessential Warrior
© 2001 David Antony Clark
For twenty thousand centuries
I've roamed across this plain
Foraging and pillaging,
Developing my brain
Evolving simple rituals
Of culture, death, and law
Appeasing jealous deities
Of magic, sex, and war
But in the batting of an eyelid
I find myself alone
With my mortgage and my cable
And my Prozac and my phone
But before you make assumptions
Of progress by degrees
I assure you I'm the chap you saw
Descending from the trees
'Cause I'm your Quintessential Warrior,
Your master of the sword
Your Neolithic scavenger,
Your chairman of the board
I'm utterly dependable;
I don't know how to fail
I'm your quintessential warrior
Your predatory male
Now these years of evolution
Appear to suite me well
I've keep my brothers entertained
With plunder, death, and hell
For natural selection
I've got a lot of time
But I have to tell you brothers,
I do miss the primal slime
But my days of slime are over
And my hardware's small and clean
My sub-atomic physicists
Are acting out my dream
In cerebral development
We’ve come a long, long way
Congratulations brothers,
Yes I think we're here to stay
'Cause I'm your Quintessential Warrior,
Your master of the sword
Your Neolithic scavenger,
Your chairman of the board
I'm utterly dependable;
I don't know how to fail
I'm your quintessential warrior
Your predatory male
'Cause I'm your Quintessential
Warrior your master of the sword
Your Neolithic scavenger
Your chairman of the board
I'm utterly dependable;
I don't know how to fail
I'm your consequential, quintessential predatory male
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