New Model Army - The World Lyrics
The roll of distant thunder breaksThe afternoon of silence wakesThey hurry through from PetergateAs if they know this danceIn fury blind I drive at nightAcross the moors, the open roadsBeneath the freezing starry skiesRacing in some tranceThese cities are illusions ofSome triumph over Natures lawsWeve seen the iron carcass rustAnd buildings topple into dustAnd as the waters rise it seemsWe cling to all the rootless thingsThe Christian lies, technologyWhile spirits scream and sing ...Oh God I love the worldWell I never said I was a clever manBut I know enough to understandThat the endless leaps and forward plansWill someday have to ceaseYou blind yourselves with comfort liesLike lightning never strikes you twiceAnd we laugh at your amazed surpriseAs the Ark begins to sinkThis temple that is built so wellTo seperate us from ourselvesIs a power grown beyond controlA will without a faceAnd watching from outside I wishThat I could wash my hands of thisBut we are locked together hereThis bittersweet embrace ...Oh God I love the worldAnd if one day the final fireExplodes across the whitened skyI know youre said youd rather dieAnd make it overfastWith courage from your bravest friendsWaiting outside for the endWith no bitterness but an innocenceThat I cant seem to graspI know somehow I will surviveThis fury just to stay aliveSo drunk with sickness weak with painI can walk the hills one last timeScarred and smiling, dying slowIll scream to no one left at allI told you so I told you so I told you so ...Oh God I love the world=======================================================================
