Islands - Humans

Am
love bird , you flew into my window
E
now in the sticky love nest sits a widow
Am
the tree it fell on all the people
E
who gathered there to watch it topple

Am – E – Am – E

Am
now turn around , it’s burning down
Dm
the city we live in
C
should we mobilize?
C
take them by surprise?
F E
let them have their way with us?

Am
wounds be by old enemies
Dm
broke my heart to see
C
foundations ripped apart
C
and investments fade away
F E
i guess we got off to a bad start

C
no oxygen
Am
what is the outcome?
F
hungry humans
G
we’ve got to enslave them

C
we’ll burn those bridges
Am
when we come to them
F
i’m not just their leader
G
i’m also one of them

Am
the food supply has been depleted
E
the river’s run dry just when it was needed
Am
the rats come out to take it over
E
singing , squeaking , “we built this city”

Am
it’s hard to breathe
Am
but we couldn’t leave
Dm
nowhere left to go
C
almost everybody died
C
drank the tears from those who cried
F E
we shriveled from the sodium

Am
and a map was found with an x on it
Dm
so we followed it there
C
and what did we find
C
an underground design
F E
as we entered in to our surprise

C
oxygen
Am
rivers and playgrounds
F
the ancients just stayed down
G
they never stopped moving

C
we stumbled towards them
Am
but they locked all the barn doors
F
so we had to dig deeper
G
we had to dig deeper

Am
and the deep was dark
E
i wanted to sleep forever
E
wake up later , maybe never
Am
we had to build a civilization
E
let the planet focus on the planet’s rotation

Am
we tried , we tried
Am
we really tried
Dm
but no one could do it
C
not really alive
C
never learned how to survive
F E
we were humans being useless

C
no oxygen
Am
what is the outcome?
F
hungry humans
G
we’ve got to enslave them

C
we’ll burn those bridges
Am
when we come to them
F
i’m not just their leader
G
i’m also one of them

Am C
we fade into oblivion
C F Dm E
no traces of civilized living eating the earth
C
we’re fading to oblivion
C F Dm E
no traces of civilized living eaten by earth