Dream Of The Universe Lyrics

The sort of things that keep me up at night

Are whether my daughters will have a chance

To make this world their own

If we reach the point of no return

Before the dawn of a new light of day

Then it doesn't matter

The revolution was a lie

We focused on all the wrong things

And still ended up just hating one another

Just like before

Now I walk in the dusk of the post-war dream

Hoping that the next wave is more effective at making a difference

Mine just sort of lingered in the shadows

Afraid to rise against the crest of what came before

Content to survive on scraps from the table

Still shell-shocked by the cold war paranoia of our youth

Unable to shed these chains of tradition

Trapped and broken and dismayed

I figure it's normal to have this sort of existential dread

But rather than one primary threat like, say, nuclear holocaust

Now they seem to come from all angles

Disease, climate change, violence, misinformation reigns supreme

We all have our own realities and with each day

They become harder and harder to reconcile

And it's only getting worse

As we give ourselves over to algorithms and targeted advertising

Keeping our eyes distracted away from the one place they should be

Up

Our future depends on our ability to one day leave this planet

Eventually

Be it overpopulation, depletion of resources, or the effects of climate change

The necessity of our colonization of space is inevitable

if our species is to survive

But we aren't ready

When I was young the idea of blasting into space on a shuttle

Was an inspirational dream

Now, it's the reality of the rich

Billions and billions indeed

No longer an attainable goal for the hardworking and determined

Instead it is a commodity, a vacation

Meanwhile back on Earth the struggle for survival becomes even more desperate

Lulled into acceptance of the status quo by being offered "just enough"

Even though it has never really been enough

And the audacity to take more than is offered is met with disdain

Disgust, disenfranchisement, even death

The idea that somehow together we are greater than our sum is villainized

We are sold a lie and we are punished for questioning it

Not by authority, but by each other

By ourselves

It's the greatest con of all

Oh love light the way

In the night the stars that shine through time and space

Oh love light the way

A dream of life beyond the light that finds this place