Afterlife Lyrics
"Catalyst"

CATALYST
music and lyrics by Mike Hudson

You shoulda been 'round here long time ago
Before the industrial age brought the undertow
Progress has raped this land of its virgin wild
Stripped it, ripped it, left it in a pile

Listen to me my friend
We can't let this go on
Better get down on your knees
And pray for home sweet home

Barely remember a time I could breathe the air
The factory black is stacked up everywhere
Once couldn't see the forest for the trees
But now I can't see for the shopping mall in between

Oooh, I believe I see a future
With no history
Oceans dried up, lands divide up
On an empty sea
Metro area mass hysteria
Concrete islands stand
Where redwood forest turned to desert
Ashes in the sand

Listen to me my friend
We can't let this go on
Better get down on your knees
And pray to God...
Take me home