Once a world, endless and free   Horizons unbroken   Now a world of bounded frontiers   The elders have spoken (our home)      Once a world, eternal and blue   Floating, escaping   Now a world that's blinding my view   Shadows shaping (our home)      [Chorus:]   Liquid eternity crosses through our veins   Liquid eternity nourishes our brains   Liquid eternity, a world that does not live   Liquid eternity, a life that does not yield      Once a world of fear and dismay   Of fleeing and hiding   Now a world that's peaceful and safe   So caring and providing, our home...      [Chorus]      Would you prefer the pain and suffering we had   Would you prefer to be in peril, even dead   Would you prefer to live the life we've learned to dread   Would you prefer to live a mortal life instead (our home)      I'm losing my reason to live   The essence of life      But the system's got so much to give   Or would you rather die...      I'm losing my pride and my joy   My will to believe      Why would you come back and destroy   What we have achieved      [Chorus]      Would you prefer the pain and suffering we had   Would you prefer to be in peril, even dead   Would you prefer to live the life we've loved to play   Would you prefer to live a mortal life instead      [Chorus]      Would you prefer the pain and suffering we had   Would you prefer to be in peril, even dead   Would you prefer to live the life we've loved to play   Would you prefer to live a mortal life instead (our home)