What Motivates Them?

What motivates them, these men
Whose greedy hands reach out
Scrabbling, in the mud

For money, money
And yet more money
For land, land
And yet more land

Is that God's voice
Whispering in their ear
Or some mischievous daemon
Sent by Satan
To force our ship
Off its steady course

I ask them why
'Grow or die,'
Is their reply

But I know
And you know
We all know

That a country will never be enough,
A continent will never be enough
The whole world will never be enough