Ionospheric splendour ignites the northern skies    Unseen by jaded eyes    Preferring more an insect's view of mundane, grindstone lives    This planet, once a paradise before the serpent spoke    And greed became the rope    By which the race would hang itself    Naked, without hope      Racing like lemmings to the brink of holocaust    With scant concern for cost    We fall before the god of pleasure    Jeopardizing without measure    The rarest gem of everlasting life      With staggering shortsightedness our golden calves are raised    Ignoring former days    Gambling with our heritage in this self-seeking age    The endless quest for freedom, much like the northern lights    So beautiful and bright    But far beyond the mortal's grasp    As witnessed by our plight      Too much casual violence    Too much casual sex    Too much casual unconcern    For what may happen next      The endless quest for freedom, much like the northern lights    So beautiful and bright    But far beyond the mortal's grasp    As witnessed by our plight    The splendour of redemption ignites the newborn heart    A spiritual upstart    Who cannot fathom what's to come Or what will be his part      Racing llike lemmings to the brink of holocaust    With scant concern for cost    We fall before the god of pleasure    Jeopardizing without measure    The rarest gem of everlasting life