I see the fires I see them burning up the hill I see the oceans Another month, another spill I see the air Getting worse and worse but still The wheels keep turning I see the children Anger marching in the streets I see the forests Being printed as receipts I see rich With politicians in their sheets And the wheels keep turning It didn't have to be this way With the rising shores And the blackened skies It didn't have to be this way But you stepped on the gas And you closed your eyes I won't stand by and keep your big wheels turning This world may not be Rome But it sure is burning See the people See them look you in the eye They're your children And they're going to ask you why You saw the signs But you didn't even try To stop the wheels from turning It didn't have to be this way With the rising shores And the blackened skies It didn't have to be this way But you stepped on the gas And you closed your eyes I won't stand by and keep your big wheels turning This world may not be Rome But it sure is burning