Extinction
Rebellion's Anthem: Confronting Extinction Through Liberation
Lyrics
Look at the world
Observation of the world
What do you see
Questioning perception
The Earth as it was meant to be
Reference to the natural state of Earth
Free from oppressive tyranny
Desire for freedom from oppressive rule
And death from the hierarchy
Condemnation of death imposed by the hierarchy
To rape, kill, and steal, for pleasure
Criticism of violent and immoral actions
Some say it's just in our nature
Exploring the debate on human nature
Violence is part of life
Recognition of violence as a facet of life
It pushes us to live in strife
Assertion that violence drives human conflict
It's time
Call to action
We take
Emphasizing the need to seize control
What matters
Claiming ownership of important matters
Into our hands
Taking responsibility for the broken
Until we've made the broken
Commitment to healing the broken
A whole again
Aspiring to make the broken whole
We can't
Recognition of the necessity of progression
Live without progression
Warning against stagnation
Or we'll face our own extinction
Risk of extinction without progress
We'll never see
Unforeseeable end
The end of this
Perpetual continuation of challenges
As long as we continue living like
Critique of current lifestyles
We'll always have tomorrow
Hope for a better future
But how do we even know
Uncertainty about the future
When the bloodshed is up to our knees
Metaphorical reference to a violent situation
Rising higher with each day that bleeds
Escalation of violence over time
We'll be drowning in
Symbolic drowning in collective sorrow
Our own sorrow
Anticipation of a grim future
That will be
Predicting the consequences of current actions
Our tomorrow
Outcome of current behavior as the future
It's time
Reiteration of the call to action
We take
Reemphasizing the need for taking control
What matters
Claiming significance of chosen actions
Into our hands
Taking responsibility for the broken, again
Until we've made the broken
Recommitment to healing the broken
A whole again
Reassertion of the importance of progression
We can't
Warning against regression
Live without progression
Risk of extinction without continuous progress
Or we'll face our own extinction
It's time
Reiteration of the call to action
We take
Reemphasizing the need for taking control
What matters
Claiming significance of chosen actions
Into our hands
Taking responsibility for the broken, again
Until we've made the broken a whole again
Recommitment to healing the broken
We can't live without progression
Reassertion of the importance of progression
Or we'll face our own extinction
Warning against regression and the risk of extinction
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