A Short History of Nearly Everything

歌詞

Do you remember our best adventure? Stealing off to climb Westers Hill? Creeping out of our house at midnight? Do you remember on the way down after I cut my leg right open on that fence? And I cried and I cried It was just a hill we climbed that night But it felt like top of the world "Top of the world, ma!" I'm on top of the world "Our teachers had faith in their lessons Their doctrine, but these facts are unreliable These cracks are undeniable," you said "Do you feel the warmth beneath your feet? That's cos the Earth is so very old" They should have warned us years ago We should have been told that secret Kept by Mum and Dad which covered everything "At first it's dark And then it's light And then it's dark again..." "You're bleeding, but it's alright 'Cos we'll stay awake the whole night 'Cos I found a rock in an ancient place And it's older than the human race So let's build a fire A homing light For astronauts and satellites For scientists with soldier's hearts For pioneers of Earthly arts You and me We're dead in the blink of an eye We've been and gone We're dead in a blink of the Earth's eye"