I’m cold and faint and worn now.
My clothes are tattered and torn now.
Ancient ice is melting fast.
No new solutions are being born now.
Oil spills are spreading over the water.
People are acting like pawns now.
People are ignoring blatant truths.
Science is being forsworn now.
Willful ignorance for the sake of comfort.
Our future starts to appear forlorn now.
You said it would all be alright,
that I have no reason to mourn now.
But I’m still so scared of myself,
I think I can only be thorns now.
The air is starting to choke me.
I think I’m the object of their scorn now.
I know my actions aren’t the problem.
There is no reason for me to conform now.
Major corporations are destroying nature,
but society acts like it’s the norm now.
The world is on fire, Sydney, people are dying–
There is no one left to warn now.