On my parent's porch back home, looking out
Thinking 'bout how it was ten thousand years ago
It all went up in smoke just like that
Every house, every car, everyone
Everything was gone
Did I lose all hope?
No, it didn't even cross my mind
Am I being morbid, is my imagination haunted?
Everywhere I looked like a picture from a book
Everything abundant
The energy was stunning
Now I'm not try'na say that I like that better
Even though the sky was clearer
But in some twisted way I wish that we could go back
Make everyone jealous
Make 'em wanna nourish what we got left of it
Can we be gentle?
Can we be a bit more gentle?
Can we please be gentle, gentle?
Can we be a bit more gentle, gentle?
Grew up thinking how much I
Can't wait to see the coral reefs
And the Amazon, and the glaciers and a million more
But now that's turning into a pipe dream
How can it be, it's not that we can't see
So why we doing nothing?
Have we lost all hope?
No, everybody has a heart
But I think we lack perspective
I know we all got good intentions
But we're nearly out of rope so baby let's reign it in
She's all we've ever known
Without her we'll be gone
Now I'm not try'na say that I liked that better
Even though the sky was clearer
But in some twisted way I wish that we could go back
Make everyone jealous
Make 'em wanna nourish what we got left of it
Can we be gentle?
Can we be a bit more gentle? (ten thousand years ago, what do we know)
Can we please be gentle, gentle?
Can we be a bit more gentle, gentle?
Can we be gentle?
Can we please be? (ten thousand years ago, what do we know)
Can we please be gentle, gentle?
Can we please be gentle?