There's a war in the day, no peace at night
Well, there's blood on the hands of man, yet we don't sympathize
The meat eater kills the cows, they just depersonalize to justify
Their own lust as the helpless die

It's ironic how we cry for world peace
But the violence won't decrease unless our murders cease
So, understand, the slaughter-house, who's the beast?
And I demand that the innocent be released

And I tried the best I can
I tried to understand
Civilized man
So-called civilized man

And I tried the best I can
But who can understand
Civilized man?
So-called, so-called, so-called

Guilt free, so-called morality fallacy
The four foods group just western medicine quackery
$35 a pound but our taxes subsidize
As 35 million starve as we gormandize

The grains that could feed the world go to their industry
To fatten up the cattle for death and I protest
Rain forests once here kiss goodbye the biosphere ozone nightmare
Just see the people don't even care

And I tried the best I can
I tried to understand
Civilized man
So-called civilized man

And I tried the best I can
But who can understand
Civilized man?
So-called, so-called, so-called

Guilt free, we overlooked the blood and brutality
And the TV propaganda covers heinous reality
A plea to the people of this land to do what they can
It hopes, it hopes for a civilized man

And I tried the best I can
I tried to understand
Civilized man
So-called civilized man

And I tried the best I can
But who can understand
I tried to understand
Tried to understand
Tried to understand