Humankind

I am humankind

How can I let my eyes fall

And become blind to what I've seen

And pretend that it's okay to say

"Well the world's alright with me"

When the innocent suffer our greed

I can't silence the sound of their cries

When we kill for a sport, faith, oil or a fashion

We're at peace, letting sleeping dogs lie

There's nowhere to hide

When it hits me from all sides

No excuse for not understanding

I am humankind, I can make changes

Well I watch as the waters they rise

And the wind blows cold at my door

Though I feel myself turning away

I can't stop looking anymore

It's too easy to shut out the noise

Not to read the words written in blood

And the way that we cover our sins

Is to sail a boat over the floods

There's nowhere to hide

When it hits me from all sides

No excuse for not understanding

I am humankind, I can make changes

I can start listening

I can make changes

There's nowhere to hide

When it hits me from all sides

And no excuse for not understanding

I am humankind

There's nowhere to hide

When it hits me from all sides

No excuse for not understanding

I am humankind, I can make changes

I can start listening

I can make changes

I am humankind

I am humankind

I am humankind

I am humankind