Wildflowers
Things Of Stone And Wood Lyrics

Across this land everybody settled down
Everyone has found a place to call home.

To a night of fitful dreams
People are experiencing unsettling dreams.

And strange apparitions
People are witnessing bizarre and unusual things.

As we tossed and turned we saw ourselves exactly as we are
People are coming to terms with their true selves.

And not surprisingly we found it frightening
People are scared of the reality they are facing.

Well you don't choose the place or choose the time
We are all products of our environment and circumstances.

But history's a slippery slide
History is prone to repeating itself.

Be careful of those nasty drops down to the right
Be aware of the dangers that loom on the horizon.

When you’re hit it must seem a pretty good choice
People are tempted to make bad decisions when faced with difficulty.

For they give all of our malice voice
Negative actions can harm others.

What do we expect if we won't open our arms
We cannot expect harmony if we refuse to embrace one another.

We're all just earrings to the left of our parents
We are all evolving versions of our parents.

They're all just haircuts to the left of theirs
Our parents' generation is also an adaptation of their predecessors.

And we all wonder "Why do Nazis grow like wildflowers!"
We are perplexed at how hate can proliferate so easily.

Helen let's ditch the car let's hide
Let's escape and avoid the dangers that await us.

We'll through seeds of doubt at passersby
We will challenge others' beliefs and encourage them to think critically.

They will cross onto our side
Others will join us in our quest for a better world.

We'll sing our songs into the night
We will express ourselves and our shared experiences through music.

As we cast off all those strange facades
We will shed the fake personas we have adopted.

We'll see that we're all uniquely scarred
We each have our own struggles and pain, but we are not alone in that regard.

By the same hand
We are all products of our upbringing and environment.

Beneath the same smile
Despite our differences, we all have universal emotions and experiences.

Everybody dreams the same visions in the end
We all hope for similar things in life.

I know, everybody feels trapped and tired
We all experience feelings of being stuck and exhausted at some point in our lives.

So if you see a strange door to the left, then drop your things and run for it
If a new opportunity arises, take it and don't look back.

Why do Nazis grow like wildflowers!
We are still baffled and worried about how quickly hate can spread.