Humanity In Progress (Album Version)

Artist: Monkilok Year: 2026 This track was inspired by a televised interview with Delyan Dobrev, a Bulgarian politician, on the show Litse v litse (“Face to Face”), broadcast on bTV. In the interview, he spoke in favor of shale gas extraction through fracking, presenting it as a step forward — a path to development and energy security. What stood out was the tone: the calm, confident framing of something widely debated and often associated with environmental risk. That contrast — between the language of progress and the potential cost — became the core inspiration for the track. This song isn’t about one person or one country. It reflects a broader pattern — how destruction can be reframed as progress, and how easily humanity learns to accept it. Lyrics: We drained the veins beneath the ground Black lungs breathing without a sound Rivers choking, thick and slow We fed them poison just to grow Plastic skies and burning rain We normalize the quiet pain We take, we strip, we leave it dead We crown ourselves, then poison bread We dig, we burn, we never see The end was always meant to be Forests fall like silent screams Turned to profit, crushed to schemes Oceans swallow what we hide Dead things drifting with the tide No god left in the dirt we made No clean air in the debts we paid We take, we strip, we leave it dead We crown ourselves, then poison bread We dig, we burn, we never see We killed the only place to be Still we breathe it in Still we call it home Still we dig again Into bone, into bone… Description: Experimental trip-hop song generated and produced using AI-assisted composition tools.