Lyric Hateful Hate - 10-000 Maniacs

Lyric Song Hateful Hate: 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