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... |