Kamelot - The Human Stain lyrics

See the cemetery sky Carmine red and deep Watch the oceans rising high It's the human stain Talk about the growing hunger Ask why with deep concern Don't you think the human race is ceaselessly vain But it hurts to be alive, my friend In this silent tide we're driftwood pa**ing by Don't you wish you were a child again Just for a minute Just for a minute more Hear the ticking of a clock The sound of life itself No one really wants to die To save the world Tell me that you're torn asunder From how we fail to learn And tell me as the earth goes under Where's your anger now So it hurts to be alive, my friend In this masquerade where all one day must die Don't you wish you were unborn again Just for a minute Just for a minute more Tick tock The ticking that could tear asunder The beating from a heart of stone The lust of your divine prosperity Cause it costs to be alive, my friend And this life that someone merely gave to you That's the price you pay Minute by minute You beg for a minute more