Karine Polwart - Better Things lyrics

So is this the best that we can do? Oh I can think of better things - can't you? Yes I can think of better things That hands can make and hearts can sing For now we deal with those for whom A life is but a carnal tomb In which the darkness holds no power And neither does the final hour We may lament the deadly art Of tiny atoms torn apart Of visions that we can't return And future fires in which we fear we'll burn Yet this is the art of those before Who found a cure within the core The noble mind behind the ray That eased our earthly cares away Is this the best ...