Echo:
To the merry jingle of the till
Pawns dance for protocol’s sake –
As commercial decisions kill
Objectivity for objectivity’s sake.
Numbness and paranoia I scan
In the pattern-seeing potential of man.
Science:
In the pattern-seeing potential of man
Is the breeding of suspicion in you:
Religion is the divisive madman
That claims a total view.
While science claims oh-so-cautious progress,
Yours is the grandiose guess.
Echo:
Yours is the grandiose guess!
You distance yourself like a mystic,
While you seek the nations to bless.
Your thoughts are those of a fanatic:
You make large claims, yet protest
Your respect for the factual interest.
Science:
Your respect for the factual interest
And evidence has never been strong!
Your thoughts have obsessed and oppressed!
Echo:
Your thoughts have obsessed and oppressed!