In the overcrowded cities, where the nights are bright as day
You spend your weekly paycheck, and turn your eyes away
From the crisis we've created with our self-indulgent ways
Living like there's no tomorrow, that just might be the case
Now they're tearing down the forests, in the jungles of Brazil
Without a second thought, about the species that they kill
But extinction is forever, and still the forests fall
And push it ever closer to extinction for us all
Now the politicians bicker, on the early evening news
Pledging their allegiance to whoever they can use
And the corporate bosses snicker, to watch their pocket fill
They don't care what they're making, just as long as it is more
They take our farms and marshlands, drive nature to the wall
Just so they can build another glorified shopping mall
And it doesn't seem to matter, if we cannot see the stars
Just as long as they can keep on building obsolescent cars
Now you cannot drink the water, and you cannot breathe the air
The sky is ripping open, and you still don't seem to care
The soil is tired and toxic, and unable to provide
The clock is running out, and there is nowhere left to hide
Now there's laws that we must live by, but they're not the laws of man
Can't you see the shadow, that moves across this land
The future is upon us, and there's so much we must do
And you know we can't ignore it, unless we're blind to the truth
