Only One Earth Lyrics

A single earth, eight billion souls

Treading lightly was never our goal

Rivers choked and oceans warm

Forests fall in a raging storm

Fishless seas and poisoned rain

We feast on meat, fuel the chain

Chasing growth with no reprieve

Forgetting what it means to believe

We build and break, we take and tear

Pretend we're strong but unaware

Can we change before it's late

Or will we seal our planet's fate?

Killing our planet, bleeding it dry

Under our watch, the green will die

If we don't learn to mend and care

There'll be no world left to share

One earth, one chance, it's all we've got

A future slipping, left to rot

Energy burns in a coal-black sky

While silent forests scream and sigh

Population surges, land wears thin

The race for more, a reckless sin

Poverty's weight, a heavy chain

As the rich take, leaving pain

Heat rises, the storms will call

Warning us before the fall

Eyes wide shut, a deafened plea

We forget that we're the key

Change or crumble, shift or strain

Find the light or drown in rain

Killing our planet, bleeding it dry

Under our watch, the green will die

If we don't learn to mend and care

There'll be no world left to share

One earth, one chance, it's all we've got

A future slipping, left to rot

Over-fished seas and hungry cries

Tears of children, hopeless sighs

Water tainted, hope runs thin

We fight the fires we set within

Meat on plates, land laid bare

A planet's pulse gasping for air

Fossil flames in endless chase

Oblivion wrapped in our embrace

Still, there's hope if we align

If we listen, seek the sign

Start with whispers, grow to shouts

Find the strength to turn the doubts

Killing our planet, bleeding it dry

Under our watch, the green will die

If we don't learn to mend and care

There'll be no world left to share

One earth, one chance, it's all we've got

A future slipping, left to rot

Concrete spreads, nature fades

Wildlife lost in man-made shades

Glaciers melt, the oceans rise

A warning written in the skies

Voices shout, but action stalls

Echoes bounce off silent halls

Will we wake, or watch it fall?

One last chance, one last call

Every act, a chance to heal

Every step, a turning wheel

Choose to rise, choose to fight

Reclaim the dark, bring back the light

Killing our planet, bleeding it dry

Under our watch, the green will die

If we don't learn to mend and care

There'll be no world left to share

One earth, one chance, it's all we've got

A future slipping, left to rot

The wind still whispers, trees still plead

Will we answer, or let it recede?

Only one earth, a fleeting flame

Protect her now, or bear the shame

The rivers cry, the mountains stand

A silent witness to our hand

Hope can rise, if we take heed

Together we sow the future's seed

The wind still whispers, trees still plead

Will we answer, or let it recede?

Only one earth, a fleeting flame

Protect her now, or bear the shame

The rivers cry, the mountains stand

A silent witness to our hand

Hope can rise, if we take heed

Together we sow the future's seed