I woke up from the nightmare

Woke up from the nightmare 

Of saying, 'please forgive us'

To future sons and daughters 

Like some failed baby sitters 

Saying 'this planet was for you

For all the beauty it would give us'

But we played out in the sun too long 

Played with human life like action figures 

Scrolled our way too hell, till our phones weren’t even mirrors 

They were portals to a burning world

Humanity imprisoned 

And a pleasure-drunk, addicted world 

Paralyzed in decisions

In this cacophony of chaos 

Of the screaming little girls 

So even when the news did break, we still could not hear them

I woke up from the nightmare 

Where the hero couldn't do it 

Couldn't find the bravery to fight their way through it 

The children had no stories of overcoming evil

Cuz all they’ve ever known was the silence of the people 

And i swear you had the nightmare too

'Our children, please forgive us'

For the bombs we've dropped for men 

For the blood we've sold for killers 

For the lies we've told to our hearts 

Paid for palaces and dinners 

Too afraid to raise our voices 

So, we madaled them as 'winners'

Where the last good man on Earth was drowned 

From demons from within us 

Woke up from the nightmare 

Where we didn't beat the villain 

Reached the bad ending 

Is anybody even f*****g listening?

I'm writing this, my presence here is missing 

I'm lost inside the the words I've kindly been given 

I woke up from the nightmare

Man, i saw it as a vision 

Of holding my own children 

And we'd failed in the mission 

To save them any beauty 

Or gift the wonder of this living 

And you were there as well 

All of us were in it 

Now every time you fall asleep you'll feel it in your spirit 

Cuz right before we woke up 

In that daze between reality 

We made ourselves a promise to the future of humanity 

I place my hand in yours and we knew ourselves as family 

A single human voice, simply asking 'will you stand with me?'

Whatever your religion, faith, or flag up on your mantelpiece 

You were there as well

I promise 

Standing hand in hand with me 

Right before the end of time 

And never ending in agony 

I woke up in my bed, with the windows looking out at me 

Woke from the nightmare 

And all of us were here 

Beauty hasn't died just yet

But we are pretty near