As far as we can tell we are alone The aliens are lost in time and space Every god abdicated from their throne :------------------- A single point where life could grow so bold Her sister hot and bothered 'neath the veil Her brother always barren and cold :------------------- This is all that we have ever known All the stories we remembered and forgot The only soil to ever be called "home" The one chance that we will ever get On a single pale blue dot

To whom it may concern This letter is no alibi But I did what I could, I stated my fears To whom it may concern I've been singing through the centuries But the message that I bring Is not the one you hear :------------------- They fooled you and cheated you But still you sit, quiet and still Buying all that you are sold With only one singular motivation: "What else is there to do?" :------------------- To whom it may concern This letter is no call to arms But there is still time to act And that time is now To whom it may concern Don't feel too safe in your uncertainties The path that you're on Is not the one you're shown :------------------- They fooled you and cheated you But still you sit, quiet and still Buying all that you are sold With only one singular motivation What else is there to do Than what you are told :------------------- Our salvation Can it be monetised? Our apathy Can it be televisualised? Our feelings Can they be politicised? Our passion Can it be compromised? ::===============:: We won't see fulfilled The old promises solemnly sworn But in their ashes We lost every dream we ever borne The old promises solemnly sworn Cast in iron, then ground into dust We lost every dream we ever borne All you lost from us, was our trust :------------------- Cast in iron, then ground into dust Ripped apart at the seams All you lost from us, was our trust And all of our dreams Ripped apart at the seams Some things you cannot rebuild And all of our dreams We won't see fulfilled ::===============:: They fooled you and cheated you But still you sit, quiet and still Buying all that you are sold With only one singular motivation: "What else is there to do?" :------------------- Our salvation Can it be critisised? Our progress Can it be paralysed? Our oppression Can it be internalised? Our rising up Has it been catalysed? :------------------- They fooled you and cheated you But still... They fooled you and cheated you But still... They fooled you and cheated you But still you sit

While people are drowning on TV You build your mansion by the sea Thinking you will never see the day But this is your reckoning; it's time to pay ::===============:: I see you, the smiling man on the big screen Reminiscing about a past that has never been Promising a paradise that no one's ever seen For the low price of your mind and soul And everything that's left in between :------------------ Do you really believe In the lies that you tell? You poison the water But we all drink from the same well Do you really believe All the lies that you sell? You poison the water But we all drink from that same well :------------------ I see you, the empty husk of a family man Clocking in your overtime, at every chance you can Because for you success is still a bigger motorcar For only what you can afford buy Defines the kind of person that you are :------------------ Do you really believe In the lies that you're sold The dreams of a madman The alchemist turning piss into gold Do you really believe All the lies that you're told They poison the water But you still buy all that you are sold ::==============:: Sleeping on a bed in the bedrock Dreaming cryogenic dreams Of a future built by someone else To get there, oh so easy it seems But do you really believe? :------------------ A rapture not to heaven, but to the cloud Or on the first boat to Mars You can afford a life with all else left behind Safe away from your mother's arms But do you really believe? ::==============:: And so... The sins of the father Falls to the son And to the daughter Whose will, still Will not be done :------------------- Oh, the wind will never remember All the ruins, swept away The sea will drown out your protestations As if you have anything left to say The roots of the oldest trees might embrace your bones But never rouse you from your sleep The boldest monkey would dig for treasures left behind But they will be buried all too deep :------------------- The sins of the father Fell to the son And to the daughter Whose will, still Will not be done ::===============:: And some would have the most of it all But so made all into nothing An empty mansion by the sea Ivory tower, slowly crumbling :------------------- Whom concerned Don't waste your turn Days that pass Won't return Silenced voice Keep your poise And be heard Through the noise :------------------- Coins on your eyes when you go To have the most, whatever it takes Whoever's left reap what you sow Your children will inherit only your mistakes :------------------- Name your price Corporate ties Bite the hand Feeding lies Righteous wrath Choose your path Hear the prayers Do the math Whom concerned Don't wait your turn While icecaps melt And forests burn

It was not your intention Put us under the yoke Or mislead our progression With the words that you spoke Or regret all your visions and dreams But as you always knew All is not as it seems :------------------- And you'll be long gone tomorrow So you live for today You'll be long gone Tomorrow :------------------- 'Twas not your lack of ambition That made the world of today But if the past is your vision Then we don't see it the same way You got all you ever wanted for free And you promised us the same Well, I guess those who live will see :------------------- But you'll be long gone tomorrow And you live for today You'll be long gone Tomorrow :------------------- It was not our intention Not to pick up the torch But we receive no inspiration From this cage that you forged A world that's governed by simple rules And those who do not agree Must all be simply fools :------------------- But you'll be long gone tomorrow 'Cause you live for today You'll be long gone Tomorrow