The Weather

We will not be satisfied, for there is nothing we cannot alter
 Until we find a cure of death, until we walk upon the water
 There came a time when I could make sense of nothing
 I went down to a little shrine to wash away the sins I was carrying
 There came a moment of absolution
 The blessed light shone down from the heavens
 Was just about the time that the gunmen burst in firing
 It's pretty hard to think at all when all about is screaming
 Electricity charge crackles in the air
 The lightning is going to strike but we don't know where
 Or when, we just know that it's coming
 And we change just like the weather
 The winds blow a little stronger
 The high tide reaches a little further up the beach
 And the sun burns hotter
 And we all grow a little madder
 As the pressure rises up a little higher
 And you and I we just get harder
 And the spaces between us wider
 Now beauty and landscapes are what appear on the screen
 Where the forests have been manicured and the oceans clean
 Through the telescopic sights, the drones and the satellites
 We can sit back in a chair and stalk our prey
 We command the machines and the machines obey
 The animals turn in panic and try to get away
 We fetishize the things we love and then kill them anyway
 And deep in the ground, amongst the bones
 A million dragon's teeth are sown
 While high above the systems realign
 In a swirl of water and air
 And we change just like the weather
 The wind blows a little stronger
 The high tides reach a little further above the beach
 And the sun burns hotter
 And we all grow a little madder
 As the pressure creeps up a little higher
 And the rivers flow a little deeper
 As the floodwaters stretch a little further
 And the hillsides they just grow drier
 And the fires catch a little faster
 And you and I we just get harder
 And the spaces between us wider
 And we change just like the weather
 The winds blow a little stronger
 The high tide reaches a little further up the beach
 And the sun burns hotter
 And the hillsides they just grow drier
 And the fires catch a little faster
 And you and I we just get harder
 And the spaces between us wide