Love In the Time Of Pestilence by The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara Lyrics
Mankind has always seen the end of eras
As a time of peril and doom
Today, we await the start of a new world
With the same trepidation
Never before in modern history
Has humanity experienced such levels of alienation
Never before have we become so distant
So silent, so isolated from each other
Our cities are crowded
But we are exiled to thе closets of our homes
Bound by a crippling fear
That blеakness is the only certainty
A plague has brought our world to its knees
And with it, the complete erosion of human modes of existence
Millions suffer, and will die alone, many in vain
We watch the ripening of world dissolution
At our very windows
Of all that is known and certain to man
Only death and decay will prevail
The greatest achievement of modern man
Is the construction of an interconnected world
But in this time of a global pandemic
It is that very connection that will be the cause of our doom
We will suffer the curse of our connectivity
But what we really need is equity
Will humanity rise up
Or will we wallow in the hazy bliss of our ignorance
Will we shun the unflattering glare of truth
Leaving nothing bare
Our weakness, once concealed
In its light, all is revealed
[Chorus]
One world
One people
One disease
It's in the air for you
It's in the air for me
One world
One people
One plague
It's in the air for you
It's in the air for me
It's in the air for you
It's in the air for me
One world
One people
It's in the air for you
It's in the air for me
The world is beautiful
But has a disease called mankind
For somehow this is tyranny's affliction
To trust no friends
The doctor is to be feared more than the contagion
Time is a herb that cures all illnesses
But in the face of pain
There are no heroes
Will we wait for the bodies to pile
To sow the seeds in the soil so fertile
Humanity will be half dead before we understand this disease
If only we can turn back time
Why do we always chose to view history behind rose tinted glasses
Will no one pause to listen to the words of our forebears
They remind us like clockwork
We died so you won't make the same mistakes again
Casting a deaf ear
Dumb mind, blind eye
Like pearls cast to swine
Deaf ear, dumb mind, blind eye
Casting pearls to swine
The greatest achievement of modern man
Is the construction of an interconnected world
But in this time of a global pandemic
It is that very connection that will be the cause of our doom
We will suffer the curse of our connectivity
But what we really need is equity
Will humanity rise up
Or will we wallow in the hazy bliss of our ignorance
Will we shun the unflattering glare of truth
Leaving nothing bare
Our weakness, once concealed
In its light
All is revealed
As a time of peril and doom
Today, we await the start of a new world
With the same trepidation
Never before in modern history
Has humanity experienced such levels of alienation
Never before have we become so distant
So silent, so isolated from each other
Our cities are crowded
But we are exiled to thе closets of our homes
Bound by a crippling fear
That blеakness is the only certainty
A plague has brought our world to its knees
And with it, the complete erosion of human modes of existence
Millions suffer, and will die alone, many in vain
We watch the ripening of world dissolution
At our very windows
Of all that is known and certain to man
Only death and decay will prevail
The greatest achievement of modern man
Is the construction of an interconnected world
But in this time of a global pandemic
It is that very connection that will be the cause of our doom
We will suffer the curse of our connectivity
But what we really need is equity
Will humanity rise up
Or will we wallow in the hazy bliss of our ignorance
Will we shun the unflattering glare of truth
Leaving nothing bare
Our weakness, once concealed
In its light, all is revealed
[Chorus]
One world
One people
One disease
It's in the air for you
It's in the air for me
One world
One people
One plague
It's in the air for you
It's in the air for me
It's in the air for you
It's in the air for me
One world
One people
It's in the air for you
It's in the air for me
The world is beautiful
But has a disease called mankind
For somehow this is tyranny's affliction
To trust no friends
The doctor is to be feared more than the contagion
Time is a herb that cures all illnesses
But in the face of pain
There are no heroes
Will we wait for the bodies to pile
To sow the seeds in the soil so fertile
Humanity will be half dead before we understand this disease
If only we can turn back time
Why do we always chose to view history behind rose tinted glasses
Will no one pause to listen to the words of our forebears
They remind us like clockwork
We died so you won't make the same mistakes again
Casting a deaf ear
Dumb mind, blind eye
Like pearls cast to swine
Deaf ear, dumb mind, blind eye
Casting pearls to swine
The greatest achievement of modern man
Is the construction of an interconnected world
But in this time of a global pandemic
It is that very connection that will be the cause of our doom
We will suffer the curse of our connectivity
But what we really need is equity
Will humanity rise up
Or will we wallow in the hazy bliss of our ignorance
Will we shun the unflattering glare of truth
Leaving nothing bare
Our weakness, once concealed
In its light
All is revealed