When I was younger

When I was younger - millions of years ago

I was a waterplant, swimming on a firesea

below my roots a burning star was turning round

and I slowly began to change

I wore a thousand leaves and skins and shells

I lived a thousand lifes between the surface and the ocean's floor

And then my consciousness grew clearer

and I realized, I was a fish

and I can still remember the fear I felt

when I was swallowed for the first time

And then one day I crawled up on the shore

I tried my first uncertain steps in the yellow sand

I searched for ways of livin' in this world I didn't know before

And soon I found myself moving on again

from the coast to the desert and to the inner land

I had my home in the canyons by the volcanic seas

lived on cloudy mountains and on primeval trees

It was a long long journey

and it was like the tide

there was a new wave comimg

each time that I died

It's like climbing up a ladder

without knowing how far you'll get

the first step was the waterplant

gettin' higher with ev'ry death