In the End There was Survival!

She wanted to see how it would look When the power lines all came down She thought it would be so beautiful If the only lights left were red and blue And on that day she got her wish Clinging to my roof as the water rolled in I can't deny that in that chaos I found some truth The hungry generators cry all night They want more, they always want more But we don't have anything left to give so Let's cling together and try to keep each other warm The hungry generators cry all night They want more, they always want more But we don't have anything left to give so Let's cling together and hope that it's enough to survive It wasn't her fault We were just in the way She had places to be Oh, what rotten luck She wanted to know the secrets of the trees So she tore their roots up for us all to see And in that tangled mess of ancient earth She found nothing but disappointment No hidden truths, or symmetry Nothing to inspire Just the biggest trees with the crooked roots Hogging everything for themselves The hungry generators cry all night They want more, they always want more But we don't have anything left to give so Let's cling together and try to keep each other warm The hungry generators cry all night They want more, they always want more But we don't have anything left to give so Let's cling together and hope that it's enough to survive I think some day we will see her again Another excuse to write blank checks I think some day we will see her again Another chance to prove ourselves In the end I know we will survive We will