Dan Bull《Civilization》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:11.96]Civilization (Acapella) [00:12.16]Lyrics, Composition & Vocals by Dan Bull [00:12.51]Produced by NATZure [00:12.80]We learned to band together and endeavor [00:14.60]Clasp our hands together [00:15.85]Man developed language, letters [00:17.49]An incredible advantage, getting plans together [00:20.82]But would we stand the test of time [00:22.50]Against the planet's reckless climate [00:24.20]And its angry weather? [00:25.52]Spread the sails [00:26.64]And head west against the gales [00:28.27]And storms aboard Norse longboats [00:30.27]With decks as dense as nails [00:31.88]Our aim was riding waves [00:33.13]And finding, claiming strange horizons [00:35.09]Invading islands [00:36.02]Native populations slain with violence [00:38.20]Enslaved and made to aim skyward [00:39.97]Think of bigger things - sphinxes, pyramids [00:42.24]Raise them high in the name of different kings [00:44.50]The different things we've held sacred, divine [00:46.67]Through places and times [00:47.78]The range of supplications and rites [00:49.55]Through ages we find [00:50.88]Nations arise [00:51.86]As old civilizations crumble to dust [00:54.09]Becoming strangers in time, waiting to die [00:56.70]Replaced in the night [00:57.87]The day breaks and the light changes [00:59.98]Illuminating newer human faces as fights rage [01:03.08]The human race is facing the might [01:05.01]Of righteous states who would write [01:06.52]The history books even if it took a knife's blade [01:08.98]To find the right page [01:11.06]Sengoku Jidai [01:12.28]Men offered to die [01:13.82]For the honor of a warrior's life [01:16.09]The sun's coming and we're watching it rise [01:18.64]As a new era's here, it's as solid as iron [01:21.71]Pull the tongs from the fire [01:23.24]Strike the hammer to the anvil [01:25.26]Craft a weapon to bring an enemy to a standstill [01:28.65]The blacksmith is the wizard that gives us [01:30.83]These powers - devour enemies [01:32.99]Leaping down from the siege towers [01:35.02]The better the tech is [01:36.22]The lesser the effort to wreck it [01:37.82]The less time to see their eyes [01:39.47]And feel sympathetic [01:40.77]Never regret it [01:41.80]A true knight never stays a true blade [01:44.28]Never says touché [01:46.11]But would forever lay in blue rays of weathered glades [01:48.90]To demonstrate his never-ending dedication [01:51.35]To the crusade [01:52.54]Reformation through flame [01:54.41]And after the cremation is a new age [01:56.83]Time's quill is quick to spill its ink onto a new page [02:00.62]The faces are the same as when in days gone [02:03.08]But brains are cultivated thus creating [02:05.30]The Renaissance [02:06.86]We're still using steel tools to stay strong [02:09.73]Replacing blades with greater trades [02:11.56]Pen and paper, song [02:12.95]Faith in God is tested, hiding in the desert [02:15.49]Men excited, then enlightened by the scientific method [02:18.60]Tried describing its expression [02:20.31]By inscribing his impression [02:21.92]When applying it to heavenly bodies [02:23.93]That everybody reckoned [02:25.46]Must have been made by a creator or a greater force [02:28.49]Nature's author faced examination never faced before [02:31.80]The grace of horse and rider [02:33.43]Replaced by wars and violence [02:35.02]Debased the laws of science [02:36.44]Made the case for all the pious [02:38.23]Why is it progress always leads to loads of mess [02:41.35]The western region spread across the globe and coalesced [02:44.50]Settlers spread disease with effortless ease [02:47.09]Was it reckless or did it just happen inevitably? [02:50.00]While evidently we never can see [02:51.86]Through the lens of this century [02:53.38]But there's no retreating now [02:54.82]Whether or not it was meant to be [02:57.07]The seven seas were sailed [02:58.93]Navies prevailed [03:00.10]Leaving trails of devastation in their wake [03:02.28]As people wailed [03:03.51]A world of wonder plundered traded in the name of progress [03:06.58]But human nature's way shows we should expect no less [03:09.58]Oh yes, struck by the realisation this is just civilisation [03:13.34]In the natal stages of industrialisation, trust me when I say [03:17.22]That previous achievements are just child's play [03:19.67]Compared to this colossal school of thought [03:21.62]We set the world ablaze with fossil fuel we bought [03:24.11]It's an epiphany [03:25.29]Giving us pretty much infinite energy [03:27.27]It's electricity [03:28.43]Edison, Nikola Tesla - different inventors [03:30.45]Giving us everything we depend on [03:32.02]Whether it's engines, cinema, television or telecoms [03:34.72]Sending a message and spreading it on [03:36.25]These unreal frontier channels [03:38.13]We develop the tech and then sell it on [03:40.09]The reel travels round [03:41.56]With the speed of a machine gun's barrels [03:44.10]Machinery's a meaner beast and we're still in the saddle [03:47.24]No need for cavalry - battle superseded that with ease [03:50.75]Allies and Axis [03:51.77]Charging each other like batteries [03:53.64]A power vacuum allowing the superstates to flourish [03:56.72]Redistribute the food even if it means people are malnourished [04:00.05]Propaganda is the only view that you're allowed to publish [04:03.20]Cause totalitarians are well aware of how to punish [04:06.36]Gunning down numbers countless [04:07.84]For doubtless nothings that they've done [04:09.32]But that won't stop subversive insurgents [04:11.31]From coming out with courage [04:12.90]Using their power to the fullest [04:14.74]Whether creativity or demonstrating general relativity [04:18.21]Evidently when we find time to be efficient [04:20.65]Einsteinian clear vision can reveal the precision behind the blinds [04:24.30]Nuclear fission [04:25.48]Despite derision [04:26.50]Physicists decide the mission is dividing, splitting atoms [04:29.79]'Till a blinding light is given, quite efficient [04:32.27]The divine right to mankind's plight is christened [04:35.07]A minor decision hijacked by politicians [04:38.10]But as long as they listen to the will of the people [04:40.41]Treat all as brilliant equals, we can achieve more [04:42.89]Than we've ever conceived before [04:44.57]Leave this poor place [04:46.02]Please explore space [04:47.44]Earth, she's a small base [04:49.04]Even more awaits [04:50.53]I implore great leaders [04:52.35]To lead with all the grace [04:53.71]Of which we're capable [04:54.81]And be the author of your fate [04:57.24]Band together and endeavour [04:58.82]Clasp our hands together [05:00.12]As our ancestors have [05:01.46]And stand the test of time forever [05:03.40]-