Northern Lights

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