A Consequence Plan

You've made your plans

to build a grand machine

whose performance will surpass mankind's ablities

and when she is revealed

you'll accept all the praise

but when she takes a life you'll pass me the blame

i never wanted this

i never wanted this in any way

your pain kills me every day

you love to treat

yourself to the moment

and to the substances that help you enjoy it

but when you bear a child

that won't see the light of day

you'll raise your angry face and pass me the blame

i'm so in love with you

that i place you before all the angels

in these few thousand years

look how far you've come

i'm so in love with you

but you look so torn and mangled

in these few thousand years

you've almost destroyed all i've done

i never wanted this

all the pain and all the distance

that you've put between us