The world outside my window's moving fast Lately I have not been sleeping well I'm walking on eggshells There's a growing loss of interest In the occurrences that I witness I'm walking on eggshells The birds and bees I've awaited them The empty trees tell me we're damned Oh bloody peers what have we done After all I know we'll be outlived And that is the greatest gift We shall be overcome It only takes a seed to grow a tree It takes a cell to grow an animal Empathy to stay alive I keep hearing opinions Of foes and companions In real life in paper on tv and vapour And none of it makes sense Since my adolescence The birds and the bees And the bush and the trees Are my safe haven Trying so hard to focus on the joys I cannot silence the voice That calls attention to decline When I look up to the glowing stars It is soothing this world's scars We're so small and vincible After all I know we'll be outlived And that is the greatest gift We shall be overcome It only takes a seed to grow a tree It takes a cell to grow an animal Empathy to stay alive The greatest gift The greatest gift The greatest gift The greatest, the greatest It only takes a seed to grow a tree It takes a cell to grow an animal Empathy to stay alive