A Time Like This

All the trees were cleared last year 

And the lake was filled 

With algae blooming 

Where the oil spilled 

Pull your rain boots on 

We’re hopping gasoline ponds 

It sizzles just a little when it hits your skin 

And it burns 

As it’s sinking in 

And it’s sinking in 

It’s sinking in that you can’t be a kid at a time like this 

It’s almost like we’re watching 

As the end begins 

And it’s sinking in that you can’t be a kid at a time like this 

At a time like this 

Meet me after school 

In the midday sun 

The sky is paper thin 

So we’d better run 

I won’t be surprised if by the time 

we get home we’ve turned red 

It sizzles just a little when it hits your skin 

And it burns 

As it’s sinking in 

And it’s sinking in 

It’s sinking in that you can’t be a kid at a time like this 

It’s almost like we’re watching 

As the end begins 

And it’s sinking in that you can’t be a kid at a time like this 

At a time like this 

All the trees were cleared last year 

And the lake was filled in 

They won’t stop building till the world they leave their children’s made of 

Tar and dust and oil and steel and sediment 

And it’s sinking in