Our Dying Island lyrics

Song information

Artist: Skyclad
Album: Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth

Lyrics

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 t.v.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
Mother earth will laugh the loudest--she will have the final laugh
But wait--the time has come to realise
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?
Only the worst kind of fools (like you and i--the human race)
If we laugh for long enough it could well be our epitaph
Mother earth will laugh the loudest--she will have the final laugh
(The advent of insanity--no future for humanity
You pander to your vanity--it blinds you to reality
In temples of indifference we hail the gods of ignorance
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
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 realise
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

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

"Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth" album track list