From Under the Chestnut Tree (I Am Human) Lyrics

I crawl out of that black water

And declare I do arise

By degrees I see the future

I'm exaltant to the light

Naked, cold

I must be bold

I'm here to tend my enterprise

I am Human

Anxious, chosen

Of a mother who provides

I am Human

Anxious, chosen

By a mother who provides

To the hills I'll build a shelter

Out of blood and sweat and clay

I will raise up me and mine

Beat back the beasts

Keep Dark at bay

By Sword and Shield

Our pastures yield

Enough to see another day

We will build

Until We've filled

Our hearts with dreams enough to stray

We will build

Until We've filled

Our hearts with grit enough to stay

Come the years of drought and famine

Our resolve will be revealed

We will crack and break Our backs

Upon the yoke of fortune's wheel

And in the end

My knee will bend

Before the Kings of Gold and Steel

I am Human

If I must, I can forget, oh, how to feel

I am Human

If I must, I can be taught, oh, how to kneel

As the war machine keeps grinding

We will feast upon the Earth

Our sweat and toil

Will burn the oil

That black water of my birth

'Til Mother Gaia must deny

Our shallow cries

For more to burn

We'll heat the skies

To melt the ice

So oceans rise

To end Our turn

We'll heat the skies

To melt the ice

So oceans rise

To end Our turn

I crawl back into that water

With My head sunk low in shame

All my industry and progress

Set to drown beside my name

At last at rest, I must confess

I know I'd do it all the same

I was Human

Anxious, Chosen

I return from whence I came

I am Human

Anxious, Chosen

I retire my flame