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Why Did We Do It? (The Last Ones)

from Songs from the Age of Ruin by Twilight Fields

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Here on this shore, when we were young, we could still see the sky
Watching countless stars glow above and beautiful birds still flying
I stood there with her, hand in hand, she gave herself to me
The world was ours, no end in sight, as far as we could see

But the sky was poison, the seas were plastic, the ice melted away
And the time finally came when we knew that we just couldn’t stay
A long march in search of shelter and food, we starved along the way
Some stumbled and cried and fell down and died every single day

Why did we do it?
Why wouldn’t we listen to the wise ones?
Why could we not change?

Living on trash, the detritus of the damned, finding whatever we could
We cursed ourselves and our kind for not doing what we should
But still I had her to light my hope, happiness could be found
Until her strength gave out and she died and was left abandoned on the ground

Now I stand old and tired by a dead, brown, choked sea
And I wait for the mercy of death to claim what’s left of me
One of the last of a ruined species that destroyed this whole earth
That raped and cut and bruised and finally killed the place of our birth

Why did we do it?
Why wouldn’t we listen to the wise ones?
Why could we not change?

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from Songs from the Age of Ruin, released February 1, 2019

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Twilight Fields is from Northern Canada and makes "ambient rock" with influences from progressive rock, ambient, dream-pop, psych-folk and shoegaze. This music asks big questions about life and loss. Look for party-rock elsewhere. See also thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com ... more

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