The Letters of Utrecht

I will not be here always; it is of no concern, for it is your turn
 We'll take our language to the
 streets to begin thinking in the long term
 A corrosion of love is infesting our home, but time can be a guide now
 And message evolves as we are involved
 To know where we have been, to see where we will go
 We find ourselves wanting and
 questioning just how to fit these pieces together
 We wonder and wonder and welcome
 expression stretched through generations
 And it is no measure of success to leave a world without your mark
 So, godspeed, you people, the message is yours
 We'll watch from the stars as consciousness slowly unfolds
 Cross the sea of reason and hatred, disbelief and sparse empathy
 And everything we ever loved waves goodbye
 As we lead ourselves downward to ruin, but understanding this heart
 This magical moment
 Right now
 I'm here with you right now
 The lamp gives you shade for the letters
 divided through careful speech and tongue
 As nations decline, an advancing, refined communication will rise
 Nothing is perfect,
 but what we create and have now is here and it's ours
 And nothing can take that away from us
 -- not fate or fear or men or god or time
 Cross the sea of brothers and
 province and discourse and sparse empathy
 And we find in our hearts that we've foolishly wagered our souls
 But we are trying our best, and that's all we can do
 All anyone can ever ask of us, all they could ask of you
 And we will try
 We will
 I'm here with you right now