Has It Always Been This Way?

from Has It Always Been This Way? by Napalm Dreams

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lyrics

I feel something different.
There's something different in the air,
Maybe I'm just old enough to notice,
Or old enough to care?

But it's just too damn peaceful here,
I know I'm hearing differencing opinions,
From ones I thought would be the pioneers,
Maybe it's just a vision,

Of growing up in a want-fast world,
Where things come now at dastardly price,
And you can own it all, the money, the girls,
At a cost of your necessary vice.

Doesn't that sound nice?

Will we burn out with the west coast,
Covered in its flames,
Will we heart it in a text post,
Just to do it all again?

Will we learn that earth's a keeper,
And we're only half it's blood?
Or will we dive a little deeper,
And float out with the flood?

Atlantis welcomes us with open arms,
She sings her siren song,
Warnings of devastation alarm,
I can't live out at sea for long.

I don't know If I'll be here when it happens,
But I'm not the only one who thinks,
This ship could use a better captain,
And soon before this vessel sinks.

Will we burn out with the west coast,
Covered in its flames,
Will we like it in a text post,
Just to do it all again?

Will we learn that earth's a keeper,
And we're only half it's blood?
Or will we dive a little deeper,
And float out with the flood?

I don't know If I'll be here when it happens,
Or if i'll see it's dying day.
But I hate to be terra-assassins,
When I don't have a getaway.

Has it always been this way?

And the west coast's burning with the sun,
And the sea waits patiently to claim,
I know it's always been this way?