Forest Fire
The Dream Academy Lyrics

For short lived cattle grazing land
The land is only useful for a short amount of time for cattle grazing.

With the whole world in their hands
They have control over the whole world.

They're cutting down and burning up the land
The land is being destroyed through cutting and burning.

Asset stripping the medicine man
They are taking away resources from the medicine man.

& all for one
Everyone is working together.

And every man for himself
At the same time, they are all looking out for themselves.

The conflict of interest lies
There are conflicting interests involved.

Selling off cheap
The land is being sold for a low price.

Avoid political heat and burn up in a forest fire
They are trying to avoid the consequences of their actions, but they will still be affected by them.

And now that there's nothing left
The land has been completely destroyed.

Just a hole above our heads
All that is left is a hole in the sky.

Letting the sunshine in
There is nothing left to block the sun.

That's how the end begins
The destruction of the land marks the beginning of the end.

The black cloud rising in the sky
A huge cloud of smoke and ash is rising into the sky.

Up into the atmosphere
It is going high up in the air.

] it's bringing down a different kind of weather
The smoke and ash are causing changes in the weather.

To the one we knew last year
The weather is different from what it was last year.

And
At the same time:

Though it's taking so long to do something about it
People are taking a long time to address the problem.

They chip away at it
People are making small efforts to fix the problem.

Bit by bit
The problem is being tackled slowly over time.

You won't believe anything that grown up for so long
It is hard to believe that something that has been around for so long can be destroyed so quickly.

Could be cut down this quick
The destruction happened quickly.

In the corner of a foreign land
There is a specific, remote location that is affected by the destruction.

In the wind that blows the sand
The wind is blowing sand around the affected area.

There's the sting of a thousand lies
There are many lies that have contributed to the destruction of the land.

That burned up in a forest fire
The lies were revealed and destroyed in the forest fire.

We're burning up
The situation is getting worse.

In a clear blue sky
Even though the sky is blue, there is still destruction happening.

In a funeral pyre
The situation is like a funeral pyre, with destruction all around.

In a big white lie
There is a major deception involved.

In a forest fire
All of this is happening because of a forest fire.