Before the beginning and after the end Future generations are out of our hands In the broad daylight or in the black of night You gotta let it be known and do whatever feels right Your true nature True nature Your true nature Your true nature Well, it was the wild west then But then is still everything And everything is still nothing If it don't add up to something And we take it for granted Until it's taken away Well, it's in our true nature I thought I heard you say Our true nature Our true nature True nature True nature I'm not saying a word As far as I'm concerned If you really wanna know You can find it in the afterglow It's all right there in the light Plain as day, black as night You do what you can Will future generations ever understand? Their true nature True nature Their true nature True nature Their true nature True nature Their true nature True nature True nature True nature True nature True nature