作词 : Shawn Phillips
作曲 : Shawn Phillips

We travel the world at a crawl and at speed
From the depths of depression to the heights we achieve
Some pushing the boundaries, some holding the lines
We live in the best and the worst of our times
Fanatics abound with a threat to our lives
With only compassion for their children and wives
The rest of us suffer 'cause we don't believe
In a God they made cruel by the words they perceive

And the time it is passing, each day in to night
With so little changed and I know that's not right
It's a seconds existence we have in this world
Take time to ensure that our children unfurl

Perceptions are rampant, they're the center of life
Opinions are fickle 'cause everyone's right
The stupid are stuck with their final response
Their minds are not open, in darkness ensconced
They're sealed in a vacuum of ignorant rage
They cannot conceive of a tolerant age
On the dawn of our fortune, we're lacking in sight
'Cause we cannot agree on the source of the light

And the time it is passing, each day in to night
With so little changed and I know that's not right
It's a seconds existence we have in this world
Take time to ensure that our children unfurl

Some search for the answers in science and fact
Others delve inward, with their lives they enact
On the beaches of oceans, on the mountains ascent
Through the gift of awareness, in grace we intend
To move through the levels as far as we can
Ever reaching, impeaching, the worst in a man
To live with a vision, evolve as a race
In the vastness of heaven, we all have our place

And the time it is passing, each day in to night
With so little changed and I know that's not right
It's a seconds existence we have in this world
Take time to ensure that our children unfurl

At the heart of the matter is avarice and greed
Enacted by people this world doesn't need
For centuries it's plagued us, these elitist regimes
They take and they take and they never give back
Now soon we'll arise and we'll cut them no slack
With compassion and courage we'll set things to right
For this planets abundance is a laudable fight