In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point. Because a species' potential range may be very large, determining this moment is difficult, and is usually done retrospectively. This difficulty leads to phenomena such as Lazarus taxa, where a species presumed extinct abruptly "re-appears" (typically in the fossil record) after a period of apparent absence.
Through evolution, new species arise through the process of speciation—where new varieties of organisms arise and thrive when they are able to find and exploit an ecological niche—and species become extinct when they are no longer able to survive in changing conditions or against superior competition. The relationship between animals and their ecological niches has been firmly established. A typical species becomes extinct within 10 million years of its first appearance, although some species, called living fossils, survive virtually unchanged for hundreds of millions of years. Most extinctions have occurred naturally, prior to Homo sapiens walking on Earth: it is estimated that 99.9% of all species that have ever existed are now extinct.
L.A. gangs violence in mobs
Crime on the streets three times been robbed
Organizations bombs everywhere
Big corporations destroying the air
Violence out in the street
Corruption in front of my face
Pollution out of control
The human race extinction
Nuclear weapons no limitation
Virus of AIDS no vaccination
Three mile island a blown reactor
Chernobyl power plant man made disaster
Violence out in the street
Corruption in front of my face
Pollution out of control
The human race extinction
Ozone layer eroding fast
Water of oil forests won't last
Destroy the planet better think twice
With nature you pay the price
Violence out in the street
Corruption in front of my face
Pollution out of control
The human race extinction
Violence out in the street
Corruption in front of my face
Pollution out of control
(music by Acres/Walsh, lyrics by Reigel/Coker)
entering a new world
of hate and deception
useless massacres cut and dissected
there is no law all are defenseless
where to go now
lands filled with sickness
blinding brightness swealtering heat
eye of the night safe til dawn
infertile earth ruins from humans
strong will survive
weak will die suffering
must take cover light is near
rations deplenished
hard to stay alive
night grows shorter
dread of the future
difficult to breathe
elements unleashing
drawing closer to the sun
world is crumbling destiny of man
fate will fall fury on planet
civilization swallowed no life
as we know it
(solo: Walsh, solo: Walsh)
## - all rhythm and leads recorded by Dana Walsh except "The Past"
[music by Acres/Walsh, lyrics by Reigel/Coker]
entering a new world
of hate and deception
useless massacres cut and dissected
there is no law all are defenseless
where to go now
lands filled with sickness
blinding brightness swealtering heat
eye of the night safe til dawn
infertile earth ruins from humans
strong will survive
weak will die suffering
must take cover light is near
rations deplenished
hard to stay alive
night grows shorter
dread of the future
difficult to breathe
elements unleashing
drawing closer to the sun
world is crumbling destiny of man
fate will fall fury on planet
civilization swallowed no life
as we know it
The jaws of pure destruction are closing in on you
The tides of vast infection have entered into you
The darkness is embroidered in the fabric skies
The blood of wounded angels – rains throughout the night
Vengeance spreading swiftly,
The end is resurrecting
Vengeance spreading swiftly,
The end is resurrecting
The claws of Armageddon have enclosed unto thee
You’re a perfect sinner in beneath the ruins
The ashes of creation lie beneath our feet
The final revelation of extinction fills the streets
Vengeance spreading swiftly,
The end is resurrecting
Vengeance spreading swiftly,
The end is resurrecting
All I see is a debris…. Extinction
All I feel is a debris…. extinction
All I see is a debris…. extinction
People of nature. Children of the sun.
Dancing around the campfire
Beating to their drums
In their minds they have one desire
How to reach the knowledge of an eternal
Birds in the sky are their eyes
Mountains are their protectors
But snakes are always appearing
In every paradise...
Glowing gold is sacred
It's a symbol of the sun god
According to a legend
He'll return from sea to land
Strange people boarding from the sea
Looking kind of weird
But gods are they not
They just want the land
Woman an gold
With the sand
Temples are destroyed
Gold has been traded with some toys
Mountains couldn't protect them
Birds in the sky. Didn't tell.
People of nature
Children of the sun
Dancing around the campfire
Screaming and beating their drums
the world is growing weaker
with the passing of each day
riding the westwinds
the fetid stench of decay
resources dwindle into the consumerist machine
as mechanical vultures pick
the carcass of our world clean
extinction
from the rot man has sown
he must now reap the seeds
the fruit of his labor
hunger and disease
we now cling to this dust
like flies, crawling on carrion
whose infertile soils are fit
only to bury in
extinction
as our dying breath is released to the wind
the innocent lie
with those who have sinned
their meaningless lives
have long been forgotten
as the cycle rebirth
starts to begin
a new day will dawn
through the rising of smoke
of civilizations shattered dreams and hopes
new life will rise from mankind's fall
whose corpses will feed
(Guitar Solo)
People Running Down The
Street
Blabbing To The Clubs And The Weird People
All About My Extinction
Oh It Makes Me So Mad
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW
I Am Not Extinct
JUST TO LET YOU GO
This Is Not My Extinction
Hopefully It Won't For A Long Time For Now (now)
cuz' I am not extinct oh oh Extinction
People Walking In The Town
Running On The Floor
Blabbing To The World Of My Extinction
Oh It Makes Me So Sad
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW
I Am Not Extinct
JUST TO LET YOU GO
This Is Not My Extinction
Hopefully It Won't For A Long Time For Now (now)
cuz' I am not extinct oh oh Extinction
YEAH YEAH
I WILL BE HERE FOR 100 MORE YEARS YEAH
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW
I Am Not Extinct
JUST TO LET YOU GO
This Is Not My Extinction
Hopefully It Won't For A Long Time For Now (now)
cuz' I am not extinct oh oh Extinction
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW
I Am Not Extinct
JUST TO LET YOU GO
This Is Not My Extinction
Hopefully It Won't For A Long Time For Now (now)
[I.]
In the dazzling white light we can no longer see
What we created - a one second triumph
Rivers of our finest plutonium
Melting into the ground like an open wound
Standing without the ability to
Behold our finest yet final creation
Mortal senses die in the light
Watching our masterpiece with dead eyes
They are blind
We are blind
[II.]
Erasing parasites, man-made extinction
Vanishing life-forms, man-made perfection
The time has come for our slithering existence
To return into the womb from which it came
Shattered flocks of ignorant beings
Blown away in a carnal thermonuclear storm
A one-second holocaust
Realizing that they have realized
A ritual of mass-destruction
Man made extinction - extinction made man
Killing for inner peace
Man made extinction - extinction made man
Ruling a world where all life has ceased
[III.]
In the blackest of voids we can once again see
The uncreation - our absolute triumph
It is the dawn of the neogenesis
The rebirth of all that ever was
Standing with the ability to
Behold our finest yet final creation
Mortal senses die in the light
Watching our world with dead eyes
They are blind
We are blind
[IV.]
Recreate paradise - man-made creation
Exalted lifeforms - god-like perfection
The time has come to be as one with the gods
To return into the womb from which we all came
Shattered flocks of ignorant beings
Blown away in a carnal thermonuclear storm
A one-second holocaust
Realizing that they have realized
A ritual of mass-destruction
Man made extinction - extinction made man
Killing for inner peace
Man made extinction - extinction made man
Ruling a world where all life has ceased
Man made extinction
the world is growing weaker
with the passing of each day
riding the westwinds
the fetid stench of decay
resources dwindle into the consumerist machine
as mechanical vultures pick
the carcass of our world clean
extinction
from the rot man has sown
he must now reap the seeds
the fruit of his labor
hunger and disease
we now cling to this dust
like flies, crawling on carrion
whose infertile soils are fit
only to bury in
extinction
as our dying breath is released to the wind
the innocent lie
with those who have sinned
their meaningless lives
have long been forgotten
as the cycle rebirth
starts to begin
a new day will dawn
through the rising of smoke
of civilizations shattered dreams and hopes
new life will rise from mankind's fall
whose corpses will feed