Do you remember when
Our fathers built a sturdy tent
To keep us warm
Safe from the snow and storm.
Slept with arrows on the bed-side
Spears on the door-side
To protect against the wild.
Hours burnt by the fire
Keeping an eye on the tigers
To protect the family
From wily predators.
Now we are safe, aren't we
Killed the bears, wolves, and lions, didn't we
We slept deep at nights
Nothing left to hurt us.
Is that right?
We are safer than ever
Nuclear warheads at each other.
Under watch at every inch, every corner
Flying machines looping..overhead
Transmissions of opinions...tapped.
Reasons for suspicion.
Alarm, motion detectors, lie detectors,
Body scanners, and drug sniffers
Just in case
The beastly men turn on us.
We are not safe from our own kind.
In this fog, we are blind.
We don't know where we came from
No idea where we go
But we know
we want what's left of this
And we want it now.
Are we safe
from our own kind
Are we safe
from our own kind
Are we safe
from our own kind?
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