Now they're saying that we only have ten years
The ice is melting and the winds are getting up
The earth is shaking and our minds are breaking rough
And we don't yet even know who we are
And we don't yet even know where we live
And we've never noticed the buds burst early in the spring
Or seen the wren dance humming-bird on the wing
Or the pine cones as they dry-crack and fall
Or sat in peace contented at the wonder of it all
And we're taking and we're taking again
And we're taking and we're taking again
And we're taking all in greed and all in-sane
And we're taking it all in a shit-fuck-storm of pain
And the machine of death it thunders and it roars
Controls, terrorises, separates as it whores
It spits and scratches up your eyes
It pokes and needles all your sores
Yokes you to the job and sends you hiding back indoors
And it's taking all the oil and it's wasting all the soil
And it's felling all the trees and it's killing all the bees
And its taking my children and its taking this song
And its taking your children and its taking all the songs
And the old world is sold
And we're thinning down the gold
And the old world is broken like a bone
And the old love ways are dead and growing cold
And all the blinkered and self-enchanted fools
And all the monsters and all the ghouls
Are dancing madly in the carnival of debt
And the words don't mean anymore
And the words don't mean anymore
And there's nothing in your house or in your car
And there's nothing in your pocket or on your phone
And there's nothing in who the fake you really are
No there's nothing in any of this that you will ever need
Only love and a sense of what is right and good
Only the inner breath and striving for the light
Only the sacred earth and the touch of your peoples hearts
Only the clear bright sky, the waters and the larks
Well you broke into my life
Like the first sweet light of morning being born
And the gold that you shone
Made kindling of the night
And your truth though it cuts me in two
And your truth though it bleeds me through and through
And your truth as it shines me who I clearly am
In my belly pins the snake with a practiced stranglers hand
And I take it, yes I take because its due
And I face it, well what else can I do?
Now they're saying that we only have ten years
The ice is melting and the winds are getting up
The earth is shaking and ours minds are breaking rough
Every moment is a jewel in this life,
Every drop of love a gift of beauty and of strife
I wont weep for loss I know the garden beyond this sound
I love you and I love this holy ground
I love you and I love this holy ground
I love you and I love this holy ground
I love you and I love this holy ground
