Mother Lyrics

Blood red skies

Politicians' lies

Where is the truth?

Lost in a disguise

Under a cloak

Veiled in smoke

Blind to their eyes

Forest in flame

Not in my name

What of the youth?

Nothing to be gained

Lungs are choked

Tarred by smoke

A losing game

I hear you calling

Mother, oh mother

Your branches are burning

Mother, oh mother

The flames are unfurling

Mother, oh mother

We weep for your hurting

But tears won't save you now

No, they can't put the fire out

Tree falls down

No-one around

Is it a crime?

Does it still make a sound?

Search for hope

Through the smoke

Root to the ground

Eden in ruins

Apocalypse brewing

Do we have time

To save the garden that we grew in?

Resist, revoke

Expel the smoke

Where to begin?

I hear you calling

Mother, oh mother

Your branches are burning

Mother, oh mother

The flames are unfurling

Mother, oh mother

We weep for your hurting

But tears won't save you now

Oh mother, oh mother

Your branches are burning

Mother, oh mother

The flames are unfurling

Mother, oh mother

We weep for your hurting

But tears won't save you now

No, they can't put the fire out

Aah-oo

Aah-oo

Mother, mother

Aah-oo

Ye-he-hey ye-he-hey

Ay-oh h-ay-oh

Oh-oh

We hear you calling

Mother, oh mother

Your branches are burning

Mother, oh mother

The flames are unfurling

Mother, oh mother

We weep for your hurting

But tears won't save you now

So as wood turns to charcoal how

Can you save a house burning down?