Gaia - Temperance

We were meant to make you rise

But like fools we slowly let you die

We were there when the green was turned to stone

When from viridian into grey we changed your tone

We’ve been watching empires grow

While their walls slowly smothered your soul

With tubes and dams we blocked your flow

From your veins to your heart we took control

Time and only time will tell us

How much we’ve gone wrong

But still there must be hope

To change this world

Gaia, please, forgive us

For the senseless pain we’ve caused

May tomorrow come

And spare our souls

Will our children see the sun?

Will they really learn much more than what we’ve done?

Will we ever start to think?

There will be an end to the waste of our gift

Time and only time will tell us

How much we’ve gone wrong

But still there must be hope

To change this world

Gaia, please, forgive us

For the senseless pain we’ve caused

May tomorrow come

And spare our souls

With the fire inside, we should never surrender, but believe

With the fire inside, we should never surrender, but believe

Time and only time will tell us

How much we’ve gone wrong

But still there must be hope

To change this world

Gaia, please, forgive us

For the senseless pain we’ve caused

May tomorrow come

And spare our souls

We were meant to make you rise