This song produced a month before 9-11 has uncannily prophetic lines about the holocaust and its aftermath.
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Story behind the song
A month before New York WTC I composed a song about George Bush and his refusal to take a lead in looking after the biosphere, particularly in regard to global warming. Then as I watched BBC live coverage, many of the lines became true in a way I would never have expected.
Lyrics
you tell us tales of hollywood
of stars wars and the common good
you told us global warming
was a litany of lies
factory chimneys were the prize
you claim all living creatures
are your intellectual property
you fail to ratify every treaty
which doesn't give you more
have I heard this all before?
when it comes to the final struggle
jihad of the biosphere
there's only one true rogue nation
the great American shaitan
big brother, you are Uncle Sam.
if you take them away
how can we find what we came for?
what can you say?
when it's all our future lives that you play for
walking in the twilight
down in the valley of shadows
when will you comprehend
the damage you have wrought
... in your indiscretion?
can we undo
the death trance you have set in motion?
will you discover
the fabric of love that ignites us?
can we embrace
the ocean of life that unites us?
all our lives long
this journey has been our destination
if we get this one wrong
will there be any chance for restoration
if we waste the last shoreline
can there be any way to resurrection?
don't you know that we
have all been dreaming
... that the dark days are coming
when the cowboy appears
and brings home our fears?
can we rend the veil of tears?
can we touch the sky?
can we fly so high
we'll pass right to the other side
and never fall in flames?
will we ever be the same again?
we'll become the living soul
the primal source the shining goal
the beginning and the end of life
the happiness and the pain
can we bear it all again?