A Word To The Wise Lyrics - Skyclad

From far outside 

Earth's fragile atmosphere 

It's clearly apparent that the end is near 

The sleeper wakens and removes 

His golden casque 

Vital signs return to his quiescent craft. 

He is truth - a word to the wise 

Gods children are so young 

They cannot realise 

The difference between extinction 

And life is now only a matter of time. 

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In the beginning was the knowledge 

He had carried far across 

The great unknown 

Millenia have passed since he walked 

On the savannah where the seeds 

Of life were sown. 

Yet even deep in slumber he could hear 

His children blunder to destruction 

The caretaker of creation placed a fail-safe 

At the heart of his construction. 

Technologies intended 

As mans slaves mutated 

Now they are his masters 

The trust they place in progress 

Only serves to bring 

The last days nearer faster. 

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He is truth - a word to the wise 

Gods children are so young 

They cannot realise 

The difference between extinction 

And life is now only a matter of time. 

I can see the oceans 

Stagnent and overflowing 

Filled with man made waste discharged 

From my cosmic auditorium 

I view this crematorium 

That is your world at large 

My ears hear the wailing of your children 

In a future close at hand 

Just as it was before - so it may be again 

(If you don't try to understand)... 

The seas will rise before your very eyes 

Until they swallow up the land 

If your polar ice caps melt 

The cards are dealt 

And you have died by your own hands 

I will never help you while you still persist 

In acting like you're blameless 

I would rather let your species die forgotten 

So your folly remains nameless. 

He is truth - a word to the wise 

Gods children are so young 

They cannot realise 

The difference between extinction 

And life is now only a matter of time. 

"When to mischief mortals bend their will 

How quick they find the instruments of ill."