Primitive Relics

Before this world there was another world
Before this world there was another world but they angered the gods
So the gods sent a flood
And now we just find remnants of them buried in the mud
Like a piece of rubber tubing
And an artificial tree
And a hat that says "Remember Dale Earnhardt number 3"

Before this world there was another world
Before this world there was another world but ours will surely last
The gods won't be alone
We send them every third child before they're grown
So the cliffs protect our city
So the crops will never fail
And so the ancient plague will never walk upon our trails

Before this world there was another world
Before this world there was another world but our wise women guide us well
And the men tend to the fields
We obey what the cosmic signs reveal
We carve our legends into caves
We won't make the same mistakes
We don't leave them in those gray boxes that wash up from the lake

Our linguists have deciphered the blood script that we found
Written on the walls of a chamber underground
It says we're so very sorry, we're so very sorry, we're so very sorry, we're so very sorry
We're so very sorry, we're so very sorry, we're so very sorry, we're so very sorry
We're so very sorry, we're so very sorry, we're so very sorry, we're so very sorry
We're so very sorry, we're so very sorry, we're so very sorry, we're so very sorry
We are...