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thank you to:
✿ alan mckinnon (my dad) for the background photo, which he took of our garden
✿ gerry kaiser for the photo at 2:50
✿ all of you, for listening to this song and being so hype about it that you inspired me to make a video!! stay safe and stay healthy.
full lyrics:
the lights are always on in the streets
so i never sleep
my dreams have turned to plastic and they rattle in my head
and now there’s concrete in the yard
where the sunflowers used to be
i thought i heard your voice but it was only the tv
i think i’ll waste away here
i think i’ll waste away
if the world hasn’t killed me yet, well, it’s just a matter of days
the poison ate our lungs up
and there’s not much we can do
if i could, i would get on a spaceship and spend my last days on the moon
they said they’re building us a garden
so when the birds and trees are all gone
we’ll live where the sky is golden
bathe in artificial oceans
but if they couldn’t tap the marrow
every river, every sparrow
laying dead inside their cages
without their songs they have been wasted
but they say someday we’ll find the answer
we’ll be climbing up that ladder
while they burn up in the atmosphere, we’ll be okay
cause we’ll all live in the garden
i want to build a wall around you
and say that i’m the one who found you
but despite all of my virtues
i know that i’m the one who hurts you
well don’t you know they lied, dear?
there is no better place to find here
they packed up their things and left you
and i don’t think i can protect you
i think that i have found the answer
yeah, i’m climbing up that ladder
and i’m taking my friends with me, we’ll be okay
cause we’ll all live in the garden
bury me in the garden
