the power of reason the top of the heap we re the ones who can kill the things we don t eat sharper than a serpent s tongue tighter than a bongo drum quicker than a one night stand slicker than a mambo band and now the day is come soon he will be released glory hallelujah we re building the perfect beast it s olympus this time olympus or bust for we have met the enemy and he is us and now the day is come soon he will be released glory hallelujah we re building the perfect beast ever since we crawled out of the ocean and stood upright on the land there are some things that we just don t understand relieve all pain and suffering and lift us out of the dark turn us all into methuselah but where are we gonna park the secrets of eternity we ve found the lock and turned the key we re shakin up those building blocks going deeper into that box and now the day is come soon he will be released glory hallelujah we re building the perfect beast all the way to malibu from the land of the talking drum just look how far look how far we ve come