We Are Not the First Lyrics

We are not the first to be

We won't be the last

We're looking to the future

Banking on the past

It's still the middle-ages here

We are immature

Somewhere between bitten nails

And our first manicure

We are not the first to be

They'll be something next

We're actors trying to improvise

While sticking to the text

But we are not beyond despair

And it is my belief

That only art can break

But that love will bring relief

Onward, onward, we must go to the ends of the earth

Just to plant another flag that says "We are not the first"

We are not the first to be

We are not alone

We're treading in their footprints

In a land we thought unknown

From the sea, we found the land

Built a boat and sailed

Some of us had second thoughts

And turned back into whales

Deeper, deeper, we must go on a sea that is cursed

We never think ahead, we are not the first

We are not the first to be

We are not the world

We're a just a holy singles club

Of lonely boys and girls

Who come together once awhile

To compare notes and converse

And trade our baby carriage in

For a handsome little hearse

Downward, downward we must go beyond the final verse

We won't be the last because we were not the first