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When our rivers run dry and our crops cease to grow |
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And when our summer grow longer and winters won't snow |
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From the banks of the ocean and the ice in the hills |
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To the fight in the desert where progress stands still |
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When we've lost our will |
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That's how we'll know, this is not a test, oh no |
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This is cardiac arrest of a world too proud to admit our mistakes |
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We're crashing into the ground as we all fall from grace |
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When the air that we breathe becomes air that we choke |
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When the marsh fever spreads from the swamps to our homes |
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When your home on the range has been torn down and paved |
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The buffalo roam to a slaughterhouse grave |
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What more will it take? |
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For us to know this is not a test, oh no |
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This is cardiac arrest of a world too proud to admit our mistakes |
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Kissing the ground as we all fall from grace |
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This is a chance to set things straight |
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To bend or break the rules back into place |
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There is no middle ground, no compromise |
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We've drawn the line |
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With perfect aim, we stand back and throw |
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Glass windows break and it's all about to blow |
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Lights go out as we pass the torch again |
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In hope that is stays lit, oh |
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Neutrality means that you don't really care' |
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Cause the struggle goes on even when you're not there |
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Blind and unaware |
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That's how we'll know, this is not a test, oh no |
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This is cardiac arrest of a world too proud to admit our mistakes |
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We're crashing into the ground as we all |
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Yeah, we all, all fall from grace |
