Silent Ruin

(olivia newton-john)



Wash the blood from my hands

Take the pain from my heart

I just can't understand

What it is that we do

What's the thread running through

The heritage of man



How can i justify to my child what we're doing

When i can't explain it myself

And if i close my eyes to the wild silent ruin

Then i'm just like everyone else



And i cry for their beauty; i cry for their pain

And i cry that my child may not see them again

Will i leave her a legacy she's being denied

Oh i pray that we will when i kiss her goodbye



How can i justify to my child what we're doing

When i can't explain it myself

And if i close my eyes to the wild silent ruin

Then i'm just like everyone else



Oh i dream of a time in the future

When we can renurture the damage we've done

For although there's a dark side to all human nature

Our true selves are born in the sun

Our true selves are born in the sun

Please explain to me what we have done


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