IED - Science or Nature - Show Of Hands

There’s something underneath my skin no-one can detect

It’s time to detonate within with maximum effect

Lying in some secret place, without warning, without trace

The planets and the stars align and wires will just connect

Science or nature

Scattering spores and seeds

Before my maker

I’ll get down on my knees

Have you an answer?

Or another IED?

And if I disarm you

Will you let me be?

A driver in the darkness nods his head and starts to yawn

We’ve both been on this journey since the day that we were born

Two lives on a single track, a plus and minus now attract

Intersecting on my map an hour before the dawn

Science or nature

Scattering spores and seeds

Before my maker

I’ll get down on my knees

Have you an answer?

Or another IED?

And if I disarm you

Will you let me be?

A sniper on the rooftop gently calibrates his sights

A passing stranger in the crowd steps into his light

That well-known face could be you as the focus sharpens into view

The moment comes, the aim is true, and he fades into the night

Science or nature

Scattering spores and seeds

Before my maker

I’ll get down on my knees

Have you an answer?

Or another IED?

And if I disarm you

Will you let me be?