If I Could Be Anywhere

[Verse 1]

Sliding on the shimmering surface between two worlds

Standing at the center of time as it uncurls

Cutting through the veil of illusion

Moving beyond past conclusions

Rendering all doubt and confusion clear

[Chorus]

If I could be anywhere

If I could be anywhere

If I could be anywhere right now

I would want to be here

[Verse 2]

Searching for the future among the things we're throwing away

Swimming through the ocean of junk we produce every day

You have to admit it's clever

Maybe the pinnacle of human endeavor

When things are made to throw away but never made to disappear

[Chorus]

If I could be anywhere

If I could be anywhere

If I could be anywhere in time

I would want to be here

[Bridge]

The Romans, the Spanish, the British, the Dutch

American exceptionalism - so out of touch

Successions of empire repeating its course

Extracting the wealth and ruling by force

On and on through time

[Pre-Chorus]

But the world can't take it very much longer

And we won't make it 'less we're smarter and stronger

The world's gonna shake itself free of our greed somehow

[Chorus]

If I could be anywhere

If I could be anywhere in time

If I could be anywhere and change things

It would have to be now

[Verse 3]

They say nothing lasts forever

But all the plastic ever made is still here

And no amount of closing our eyes will make it disappear

[Pre-Chorus]

And the world can't take it very much longer

And we won't make it 'less we're smarter and stronger

The world's gonna shake itself free of our greed somehow

And the world can't take it, that you can see

If the oceans don't make it neither will we

The world's gonna shake itself all the way free somehow

[Chorus]

If I could be anywhere

If I could be anywhere in time

If I could be anywhere and change the outcome

It would have to be now