The Weather

We will not be satisfied, for there is nothing we cannot alter

Until we find a cure of death, until we walk upon the water

There came a time when I could make sense of nothing

I went down to a little shrine to wash away the sins I was carrying

There came a moment of absolution

The blessed light shone down from the heavens

Was just about the time that the gunmen burst in firing

It's pretty hard to think at all when all about is screaming

Electricity charge crackles in the air

The lightning is going to strike but we don't know where

Or when, we just know that it's coming

And we change just like the weather

The winds blow a little stronger

The high tide reaches a little further up the beach

And the sun burns hotter

And we all grow a little madder

As the pressure rises up a little higher

And you and I we just get harder

And the spaces between us wider

Now beauty and landscapes are what appear on the screen

Where the forests have been manicured and the oceans clean

Through the telescopic sights, the drones and the satellites

We can sit back in a chair and stalk our prey

We command the machines and the machines obey

The animals turn in panic and try to get away

We fetishize the things we love and then kill them anyway

And deep in the ground, amongst the bones

A million dragon's teeth are sown

While high above the systems realign

In a swirl of water and air

And we change just like the weather

The wind blows a little stronger

The high tides reach a little further above the beach

And the sun burns hotter

And we all grow a little madder

As the pressure creeps up a little higher

And the rivers flow a little deeper

As the floodwaters stretch a little further

And the hillsides they just grow drier

And the fires catch a little faster

And you and I we just get harder

And the spaces between us wider

And we change just like the weather

The winds blow a little stronger

The high tide reaches a little further up the beach

And the sun burns hotter

And the hillsides they just grow drier

And the fires catch a little faster

And you and I we just get harder

And the spaces between us wider