Anmara - Mass Extinction Lyrics

Once upon a time
In a far off corner
Of a galaxy alone in the universe

Hung a pale blue pearl
Teeming with the miracle
Of material animated by consciousness

This pure life force
Suffused with intelligence
Came to know itself
And arose from deep waters

The long line of babes
Being birthed through adversity
Gave rise to the near impossible existence
Of you and me
And society

But a mass extinction
Has led us to the brink of
Our human story
A mass extinction

Clearing land
Feeding citizens
Empires rose and fell
Barren
Desertified

Petrol slaves
Metal machinery
Extracting needs
Heightened greed
No reciprocity

Raw instinct
Helped us survive so far
Thrown off the delicate
Balance
Of elements
In the atmosphere

Increasing intensity
Human activity
Weather
Ocean soil
Destabilized
Uncivilized
Destabilized
Uncivilized

But a mass extinction
Has brought us to the brink of
Our human story
A mass extinction

I place a record of our song
In a straight shooting satellite
So one day our story
Might be discovered and remembered
Discovered and remembered