Down To Zero
there are no words enough to say
how a world like this could die away
how reason falls on deaf ears
truth dissolves and disappears
and the clocks are counting
down to zero
they warned us years ago
people laughed it off said “what do they know”
and we went our separate ways to find
a future facing the end of the line
and the clocks are counting
down to zero
now the weather stumbles forests burn
past the point of no return
corporation money thrives
while refugees look for a place to survive
and the clocks are counting
down to zero
history walks the plank
its eyes are flat its face is blank
the melting ice the rising sea
a redder sun than used to be
and the clocks are counting
down to zero
I know people who live in trees
who chain themselves to machineries
who risk their very life and limb
to face the dangers coming in
and the clocks are counting
down to zero
thunder clap the black snake
times like these you do whatever it takes
wherever a line gets drawn
for the people and the land they live on
and the clocks are counting
down to zero
I fear for the children I see
and I don’t blame them when they look at me
as if to say “how could you
I was depending on you”
and the clocks are counting
down to zero
I woke up in a sweat last night
whatever it was didn’t suit me right
but I took a look around to see
a million more just like me
and the clocks are counting
down to zero
resistance goes from hand to hand
for the air, the water, the people, the land
tomorrow is born from the seeds of today
and we’re going that way
and the clocks are counting
down to zero