Our Dying Island

歌詞

I woke from my daydream, discovered my nightmare was real At the altar of progress to gods of ambition we kneel Our database deities they cannot save us Microchip miracles only enslave us The high priests of high finance claim that their actions are wise But our planet still dies... It dies for the want of more people who care 'bout the poisons we pump in the seas and the air Yet blissfully ignorant, still unaware We strive for a future entwined with despair. You say, "Why waste concern on the rivers and trees They belong to mankind to exploit as we please?" Face up to the fact that mankind's a disease Irrelevant microbes with colour TV's Tell me just what kind of fools would laugh and stare death in the face? Only to worst kind of fools like you and I - the human race If we laugh for long enough it could well be our epitaph And Mother Earth will laugh the loudest, she will have the final laugh But wait! The time has come to realize Believe! The truth our eyes will not disguise Speak out! To say, "It's no concern of mine" Deceived! Is to be party to the crime We all toe the line and swallow the lies And our island dies Let computers dictate our emotions, determine the way we should feel Turn our backs to the future, now our days are numbered And where will we run to when this world is plundered? Your conscience a whisper drowned out when your avarice cries And humanity dies... Without hot winds or tower blocks crashing No silver-lined mushroom clouds herald man's passing From the Garden of Eden into death everlasting Such a high price to pay for what we took without asking Stupidity's legacy is passed down the years As our knowledge increases dispelling the fears That the ghosts of the past may again reappear As the dawn of the silent apocalypse nears Tell me just what kind of fools would laugh and stare death in the face? (The advent of insanity, no future for humanity) Only the worst kind of fools like you and I - the human race (You pander to your vanity, it blinds you to reality) If we laugh for long enough it could well be our epitaph (In temples of indifference we hail the gods of ignorance) And Mother Earth will laugh the loudest, she will have the final laugh (And sacrifice our final chance, behold the death of innocence) But wait! The end is near so we must choose Believe! That we have everything to lose Speak out! If empty words are all we're worth Deceived! It is the end for Mother Earth We all toe the line and swallow the lies And our island dies If we think the world is our oyster We'll surely choke on the pearl It is ours for a while to respect not defile But minds drunk with power still whirl The lands we dispute are not ours to pollute Neither the air that we breathe But how will we ever see reason when we can't see the wood for the trees. Now we hold the future in the palm of our hand Place your faith in 'Rainbow Warriors', not castles of sand The hourglass is empty time is slipping away So prepare your excuses for the Judgement Day Judgement Day! Court is now in session Mother Nature presides The jury are our children Whose futures we've denied The evidence conclusive We have no alibi The victim was our planet The verdict: MATRICIDE But wait! The time has come to realize Believe! The truth our eyes will not disguise Speak out! To say, "It's no concern of mine" Deceived! Is to be party to the crime But wait! The end is near so we must choose Believe! That we have everything to lose Speak out! If empty words are all we're worth Deceived! It is the end for Mother Earth