World Foregone

Tick tock, the moving hands
Tell a tale we understand
Ever since the dawn of time
We've been working on the perfect crime.

How long, how long
Can we go on, go on
It will be the end
Thus all we know
Will cease
And this world's foregone.

Hired manpowers sent to war
Was this really what we came here for?
Harvesting forests will save the day
Eventually there will be hell to pay.

Our time is nigh
If we keep on passing by
Save a breath for one last goodbye.

How long, how long
Can we go on, go on
It will be the end
Thus all we know
Will cease
And this world's foregone.

What to do when the seas are killed
By hunger, greed and waste
What to do when pollution
Fills every mouthful with distaste.

Sad to see our way of life mirrored
And we still pretend
That the world we've used and drained
Will last until the end.

We're out of time
Stand back and watch it burn.

So long, so long
We can't go on, go on
This is the end of all we know
It's time, this world's foregone.

(How long, how long)
So long, so long
(Can we go on, go on)
So wrong, so wrong.

It will be the end of all we know
It's done, this world's foregone.

(How long, how long)
(Can we go on, go on)
(It will be the end)
(Thus all we know)
(Will cease)
(This world's foregone)