Did you ever imagine it would come to this?
As we teeter at the edge of the abyss,
Say good-bye to the grand illusion of unending progress
That made it so easy to ignore the growing mess.
One thing leads to another, forever closing doors along the way,
And sometimes the choices that we make come back to haunt us at the end of the day.
Remember the dream of spaceflight to the stars?
In back to the future we drove flying cars,
What a nice distraction that was from the endless war
And the truth in Orwell's 1984.
One thing leads to another, forever closing doors along the way,
And sometimes the choices that we make come back to haunt us at the end of the day.
Look out on the horizon: the perfect storm
Is getting itself together and taking form,
And pretty soon we'll all be toasty warm,
No sweat, sooner or later we all buy the farm.
One thing leads to another, forever closing doors along the way,
And sometimes the choices that we make come back to haunt us at the end of the day.
credits
from Banned from Eden,
released February 2, 2020
Music and lyrics by Jim Coffman
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