ILL BILL - Exploding Octopus lyrics

"Don’t you think education should
Make people aware of
The danger of the danger of technology
Instead of making them adapt more easily to
Any kind of progress and technology?"

"Absolutely, absolutely that we can
No long allow
Technology to come roaring down at us
I think we must begin to say
No to certain kinds of technology, and
To begin to control technological
Change because we’ve
Now reach the point at which the
Technology is so powerful and is so
Rapid that it could destroy us
Unless we control it"

He was accepted to Harvard at sixteen
Child prodigy math whiz
Specializing in complex analysis geometry
Earned a PhD in mathematics early
Youngest professor ever hired by
UC in Berkeley a short-lived position
He resigned in '69 with no apologies
Without an explanation given
Social anxiety multiplied silently
Disconnected entirely from society
Built a cabin, became a survivalist
Rejected electricity and modern scientists
He cooked his dinner in a fire pit
And watched the stars from
Afar where Orion sit's
The wilderness where the lions live
Primitive like the times of the
Giant pyramids the Mayans built
Then something caused his mind to tilt
A course solidified successfully the very
First time he killed

What would you do, how far would you go?
If you thought that you can change
The world for the greater good
How would you know what’s right or wrong?
Try to play God mail a bomb to the CEO of
A school or an airline
Do you justify murder for peace?
Do you believe that technology is the beast?
Imagine if your iPhone disappeared
That would be weird could you function in a
World without technology
Or would you be scared?

Exploding Octopus
Blockbuster in a six-fingered hand
Booby trap a box and shock
The populace with wishful plans
Initially ignored
"Industrial society and it's future"
The manifesto of Kaczynski's war
Life in seclusion, Bibles and bruises
Rifles and Uzis
Devices with clues are designed
To confuse the FBI
Throw 'em off plans, blowing off hands
Blinding people first
Soon the results were even worse
Became obsessed with teaching
Society a lesson with homemade weapons to
Reach society’s perception
The Washington Post and The Times
Finally printed his manuscript
That was the tipping point
That notified his family
With suspicion leading to his arrest
His brother recognized his writing style
And mission of death
Ran up in his cabin and discovered
Undeniable proof of his guilt sixteen bombs
Twenty-three injured and three killed

What would you do, how far would you go?
If you thought that you can change
The world for the greater good
How would you know what’s right or wrong?
Try to play God mail a bomb to the CEO of
A school or an airline
Do you justify murder for peace?
Do you believe that technology is the beast?
Imagine if your iPhone disappeared
That would be weird could you function in a
World without technology
Or would you be scared?