Opname in Tilburg, ‘De Regenwouden van het Zuidereiland’, 7 juni 2020

Audio:
CD Take No Orders

How Vulnerable We Are

So we think we can rule the universe
In our world there is nothing to hurt us
But we’re not like the cockroach, the tick or the bat
Our skin is paper, we shiver and sweat

So we think that the planet is ours to take
We still think we are wise and we are wide awake
But we’re not like the dolphin, nor elephant or cat
We’ve got no sense at all of where we are at

And we think that the water is ours to waste
And we don’t think at all that for change there is haste
But we’re not like the rhino, nor camel or cactus
We do not stand a chance in a drought

Refr.
Just look at us, how vulnerable we are
And yet we believe in our holy might
Just hear us all as in fear we cry
As we can’t say goodbye to our loved ones who die

So we think that the heat is ours to make
Still we don’t think that fire is our mistake
But we’re not like the roots of the grasses and trees
We don’t grow back – We are on our knees

And we think that tornado’s and floods just befall us
We still think we’ve got nothing to do with it all
But we’re not like the clouds or the thunder and rain
We are but weak – We are but vain

And we think our destruction, pollution, consumption
That we can keep it up but that’s just an assumption
So because just as soon as some virus attacks us
We can but hide and wait ‘till it wrecks us

Refr.
Just look at us, how vulnerable we are
And yet we believe in our holy might
Just hear us all as in fear we cry
As we can’t say goodbye to our loved ones who die

Just look at us, how vulnerable we are
And yet we believe in our holy might
Just hear us all as in fear we cry
As we know it’s too late to ask ourselves why

Tekst en muziek: Joke Kaviaar, 21 april 2020