Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily via flight, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing flesh. In most cases, the females are considerably larger than the males. The term "raptor" is derived from the Latin word rapere (meaning to seize or take by force) and may refer informally to all birds of prey, or specifically to the diurnal group. Because of their predatory lifestyle, often at the top of the food chain, they face distinct conservation concerns.
Many species of bird may be considered partly or exclusively predatory; however, in ornithology the term "bird of prey" applies only to birds of the families listed below.
Taken literally the term "bird of prey" has a wide meaning that includes many birds that hunt and feed on animals and also birds that eat very small insects. In ornithology, and the definition used here, the term has a narrower meaning for birds that have very good eyesight for finding food, strong feet for holding food, and a strong curved beak for tearing flesh. Most birds of prey also have strong curved talons for catching or killing prey. Birds of prey generally prey on vertebrates, which are usually quite large relative to the size of the bird. Most also eat carrion at least occasionally and the vultures and condors eat carrion as their main food source. By way of an example, the narrower definition excludes storks and gulls, which can eat quite large fish, partly because these birds catch and kill prey entirely with their beaks, and similarly bird-eating skuas, fish-eating penguins, and vertebrate-eating kookaburras are excluded.
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Suddenly lost inside a fantasy
Everything not quite what it seems to be
Slipping and falling through the looking glass
Catching a glimpse at all that lies behind the masks
You disappear with the dawn
You only see what you want
When you\\\'re out with the birds of prey (prey, prey, prey)
When you\\\'re out with the birds of prey
They watch and they feed
They take what they need
They bite as you bleed
The birds of prey
Taking the blue pill only made you cry
And all that the red pill did was make you forget why
There is no right, there\'s no wrong
You only see what you want
When you\\\'re out with the birds of prey
They watch and they feed
They take what they need
They bite as you bleed
The birds of prey
They watch and they feed
They take what they need
They bite as you bleed
The birds of prey
They watch and they feed
They take what they need
They bite as you bleed
The birds of prey
They watch and they feed
They take what they need
They bite as you bleed
The birds of prey
You disappear with the dawn
You only see what you want
There is no right, there\\\'s no wrong
You only see what you want
When you\\\'re out with the birds of prey
When you\\\'re out with the birds of prey
When you\\\'re out with the birds of prey
When you\\\'re out with the birds of prey
Wild stars are born and die unnoticed
I awaken, reigned by the rooted teeth
A new man
Adopting a nation
Attention birds of prey
This is your leader
We are the birds of prey
We are the birds of prey
We are the birds of prey
Destination: a thousand ways to go
Indignation: scythe that cuts your soul
Your trail doesn't end with your fears
But makes them stronger
Lies in disguise in the name of trust
The road you take away, how far you go
You know that time is a wall
And one more illusion
You die
You fail
You live in a trail
They burn
You cry
Dead glance
Inside
Forever you will keep on
Your dreams you left behind
It lives in crystal form
They're still alive
Like birds of prey!
The wolves you ride away
They fight to free their land
With fire within emotions
You stock your hate
Like birds of prey!
Now you see you're reaping what they sowed
Green are the seeds of evil, watch them growl
And you're almost reaching the end
Arise and just move on!
Like birds of prey!
The tap-tapping of your fingers
Encrusted with blood
We shall never be apart
The pitchfork and the cloven hoof
The fiddler's dancing on the roof
Oh, my soul and all that is within me
Send your prayers
Recite the rosary
Tell the birds and the beasts of prey
How to seduce
How to betray
The flowers, the serpents
The gods of the netherworld
The mad biter, the pied piper
The pale priest of the mute people
Let me awake to life immortal
After all that was
Has ceased to be
Has ceased to breathe
Tell the birds and the beasts of prey
How to seduce
In a course of flight decided the lairs source from out of hiding
Across the skies our wings they cover sharpest eyes in flight we hover
Drop to fall we're one by one eternity and we're his sons
The call of the swarms the flight of our storm
Cold and massive roar sweeping away
The distance shows our sight non ending
This frightful message that we're sending
Sweeping and dropping tonight beneath the moonbeams light
Sweeping to arms length height then soaring away
Chorus:
Birds of prey traveling by day arrivals sight cold and black the night
The call of the swarms the flight of our storm
Beneath the moonbeams light sweeping to unseen heights
Take to hide your moves are helpless until we cease our rule is endless
Birds of prey stalking the day efforts in vain by man
Take cover of final stand
Birds of prey, birds of prey
In a course of flight decided the lairs source from out of hiding
Across the skies our wings they cover sharpest eyes in flight we hover
Drop to fall we're one by one eternity and we're his sons
The call of the swarms the flight of our storm
Cold and massive roar sweeping away
The distance shows our sight non ending
This frightful message that we're sending
Sweeping and dropping tonight beneath the moonbeams light
Sweeping to arms length height then soaring away
Birds of prey traveling by day arrivals sight cold and black the night
The call of the swarms the flight of our storm
Beneath the moonbeams light sweeping to unseen heights
Take to hide your moves are helpless until we cease our rule is endless
Birds of prey stalking the day efforts in vain by man
Take cover of final stand
Scrape me
Peel me slowly and see
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
So tender so raw and so ready to surrender
The feeling is so fleeting
The rush is so deceiving
I am empty
You are empty
We pretend
I am not sorry
You are not sorry
We pretend
Because it's the same (It's the same)
Either way (Either way)
Either way (Either way) it's the same
It's the same (It's the same)
Either way (Either way)
Either way (Either way it's the same)
We are birds of prey
Steer me
Career me
Subscribe to me yearly
To feel there produce me
Increase or reduce me
So vacant so blank and so ready to just fake it
Unscrew me
Unloose me
I'm useless so just use me
I am empty
You are empty
We pretend
I am not sorry
You are not sorry
We pretend
Because it's the same (It's the same)
Either way (Either way)
Either way (Either way) it's the same
It's the same (It's the same)
Either way (Either way)
Either way (Either way it's the same)
We are birds of prey
Attack attack
Breakdown
We are birds of prey (It's the same)
(Either way)
(Either way)
(It's the same)
we havent burned these bridges for the last time so i'll get the gas,
you bring the matches.
we can dowse these threads on our backs.
no longer birds of prey we are just fuel for this fire.
this is gone...it feels so wrong yet sometimes it feels so right.
this is gone on for to long baby.
i broke your heart when the winds go colder,
broke my neck explaining things i cant explain.
back and forth,
Don't let time bring you back my way
Cause thoughts passing things have changed.
Well it makes us birds of prey
Yeah it makes us birds of prey.
No don't let time bring you back my way
Cause thoughts passing things have changed.
And it makes us birds of prey
Yeah it makes us birds of prey.
You don't own me. Can't control me.
Sick of crying. You're always lying to me.
Don't try it. So now I'm going to leave.
Sick of crying. You're. Always. Lying to me.
Don't trying so now I'm going to leave and you best believe me.
Just one last thing I've got to say.
We passing won't change.
I'm going my own way.
Yeah I'm going my own way.
Oh, just one last thing I got to say.
We passing
I'm going my own way.
Yeah I'm going my own way.
You don't own me. Can't control me.
Sick of crying. You're always lying to me.
Don't trying. So now I'm going to leave.
Sick of crying. You're always lying to me.
Dont' trying. So now I'm going to leave and you best believe me.
I need a change.
A change for me.
Cause I don't owe you.
I don't owe you anything.
You don't own me. Can't control me.
Heart's half mast no more sway.
No you're not my bird of prey.
I said you don't own me. No you can't control me.
Heart's half mast, no more sway.
No you're not my bird of prey.
(I need a change)
You don't own me.
(gotta have a change)
Can't control me.
(change for me)
Heart's half mast, no more sway
No you're not my bird of prey.
(I don't owe you)
You don't own me
(I need a change)
Can't control me.
(change for me)
Heart's half mast no more sway
you're not my bird of prey
(I don't owe you anything)
You don't own me.
(mm I need a change)
Can't control me
(gotta have a change)
Heart's half mast, no more sway
No you're not my bird of prey.
Moving along the assembly line of society
Becoming another piece of the machinery
You are expendable
The wars go on for years
You are replaceable
Just so many circuits and gears
Abomination of nature
Blasphemy of creation
The plagues now take their toll
Lessons in germ warfare
Cut out infected organs
Replace them with machinery
Our leaders are all playing God
Now we are running out of what we’ve got
They need a soldier that never dies
In a future that’s a little less civilized
Birds of prey fill the air
Sent to cleanse with rains of fire
In ivory towers with marble stairs
In front of TV walls sit billionaires
Live footage of the battles is always on the air
All those years spent going to school
Mind your manners, follow the rules
Don’t you step out of line
Getting nowhere, running out of time
Round and round we go
Spinning on our solar star
Picking up the pace
Final evolution of the human race
See the glow of the burning cites
In the distant evening sky
Hear the fighting getting closer
Fulfill your program, kill all that is alive
The will to kill is your only memory
Whose brain is behind those eyes?
For your crimes against society
We have a new death penalty
Take out your identity
Replace your brain with control circuitry
Birds of prey fill the air
Sent to cleanse with rains of fire
Chemicals fall from a smoke-filled sky
Freezing your lungs, melting your eyes
Blistering your skin but you’ll never die
It was then that I could see
All earth creatures will be extinct
Killed by the one with the mechanical brain
Killed by the beast called human being
Close the door and don’t go back
There is no way I’ll go back that way
Lock the door, lose the key
It’s not for you, not for me...
Don’t go down that path again
There is nothing there for us, my friend
There is what is and what should never be...
Lies!
Hate!
Greed!