Remains To Be Seen
James Paddock
5:29Undying, this world of purity Potent with blues and verdant greens Oh, Gaia – our sphere so heavenly Godsent – the very air we breathe And we take advantage Of our only planet Question what you amount to In a system designed to surmount you From all the littlest things To almost everything That could possibly surround you So question what you amount to Every tide and every ocean Every cycle, every season Every process, every creature Tell this time to, to the ether We'll all be outlasted By this eternal planet No vestige of beginning No prospect of an end We've spent a full eternity On a steady, slow ascent But Death could come so quickly He could be just round the bend One day we'll each fall helplessly Deep in the abyss of time (Tell this time to, to the ether Tell this time to, to the ether Tell this time to, to the ether Tell this time to, to the ether) Coastal point from where I gaze Struck with realisation 'Tween a rock and hard place Carbon footprints, radiation Gradual erosion Shifts me piece by piece Tuned to all corrosion Before we rest in peace So have you now arrived At the same epiphany? How we'll each fall helplessly Deep in time Even rocks melt in the sun And the sands of life shall run Only one thing in my mind is clear All that is will disappear