Living Things

Long ago I hated cities

Didn't want to live in one

All dreams they headed North

Where Colorado waters run

I was young thought all I needed

Were virgin mountains wild ground

And while I still believe in those things

I also need my friends around

We've begun to notice lately

What we've done to this old Earth

She making storms, I think she's saying

Can't you see I'm really hurt

I don't know just how to change it

Holy Father, hear my prayer

We see our Mother worn and weak

And we're all left abandoned here

Chorus:

We need to rediscover passion

So we can feel this world again

Oh deep denial you're the dragon

And we're the fragile living things

We're the fragile living things

I no longer see the city

As just a place to get out of

With all the lost and lonely people

We're here to show each other love

We can't do it scared and scattered

Hidden on some mountain top

Thought we've all been torn and tattered

I hope we're far from giving up

And what we're seeing sometimes hurts us

All the anger, fear and pain

They're only rising to the surface

To be replaced with love again

With love again

All the world is now a city

Though overgrown, it's our hometown

Tender planet bearing many

Let's throw our useless weapons down

We can watch animals living

No longer need to shed their blood

Frutile grains and fruits we're given

Release the beasts they gave enough

And we'll recall what we've forgotten

From long ago the world is good

And now at last the trance is broken

And we'll explore our humanhood

We'll become our humanhood