Formulate our species' hopes cut the twine in little ropes If all the angels cannot sleep lull into a decorative peace The information we contain pulls us down in a muddy lake And now we trek restlessly grafting onto anything That we will never find ourselves alone Where have our fathers' hopes and feathers gone Slip it in the humans' tea Our dna on a boat in the Euphrates Want to bathe in this gene pool Want to drain out this gene pool And we will never find ourselves alone Where have our fathers' hopes and feathers gone Formulate our species' hopes cut the twine in little ropes If all the angels cannot sleep fall into a decorative peace The information we contain pulls us down in a muddy lake And now we trek endlessly grafting onto everything That we will never find ourselves alone again Where have our fathers' hopes and feathers blown away