Drink from the Well Lyrics

We’re building walls on a shaking foundation but we’re too busy to notice

And when we’re done here we will leave pretty houses for a world where no one can live

With happiness always just out of reach, we follow the trails that run into the ground

To become kings of ashes we will burn the whole world down

But once we could drink from the well

We’ve sprayed our fields till the weeds grew resistant, pulled dragnets through every ocean

Replaced our forests with deserts and landfills to ensure a steady growth

We've poisoned the waters and ruined the crops so what do we say our kids turn to us

And ask us to justify all this mess - they will reap what we saw

Once we could drink from the well

The sky will open up and flush out all the filth

To settle the score

Soon our bloated remains, stuffed with plastic bits

Will wash upon the shore

And form a new foundation in all colors and shapes

For future generations

To build their shaking lives and be reminded of us

Once we could drink from the well