By the Time You Get This

[Chorus]

By the time you get this note, we'll no longer be alive

We'll have all gone up in smoke, there'll be no way to reply

You'll be wondering about the world that vanished long ago

And the words that reach you now that were buried underground

[Verse 1]

Greetings to everyone in 1937

It seems that you were never aware that we were here

You're probably too busy rejoicing in the present

To stop and be reminded of the dark and troubled past

[Chorus]

By the time you get this note, we'll no longer be alive

But our skulls are smiling still at the thought of things to come

We can confidently know that you'll enjoy a better world

When the evils that we faced will at last be laid to rest

[Bridge]

When the poisons of the Earth are completely neutralized

When the hatred and the lies are forever put aside

When the voices of dissent and contradiction all abate

And the peaceful air is filled with a silent harmony

[Verse 2]

We can't be certain at the moment of this writing

But surely in the future, there'll be no barking dogs

The sound of crying babies will be thankfully forgotten

No more will the chattering classes make a noise

[Chorus]

By the time you get this note, a millennium from now

We'll have all gone up in smoke, there'll be no way to reply

And we confidently know you'll enjoy a better time

When the evils that we faced will at last be laid to rest