Mother Father

Mother father please explain to me Why a world so full of mystery A place so bitter and still so sweet So beautiful and yet so full of sad, sad Mother father please explain to me Why forests march to deserts be While snow capped mountains melt away What do we tell our babies? What do we say, oh? Mother father please explain to me How, a man who rocks his child to sleep Yet pulls the trigger on his brother's heart He digs a hole right in the middle of a storm of hatred Mother father please explain to me How it could be so this world has come to be A precious balance in between Such cruelty and such kindness please, please Mother father please explain to me How this world has come to be Unequalled in her blessings, oh I see Unbridled hatred so extreme, please tell me Mother father please explain to me How the world has come to be so Twisted between time and dreams Oh, mother father, please explain to me What's all this talk about All this talk about it Spinning down, down, down, down, down All this talk about Endless words without Nothing's done Mother father do you know Why one man's belly overflows Another sleeps in hungers bed? We'd trade our world for a piece of bread Mother father please explain to me How this rare worlds come to be A place so full of color yet overflowing always In black and white, drowning in the waters of our - Mother father please explain to me How this world has come to be While still blessed in all the things, we see Such a sad, sad home for you and me Come on Come on out you Come on out you Come on save yourself Come on out you Come on We're taking on water We're taking on water We're taking on water But you know we've got the freedom We've got the freedom There's no god above No hell below It's here with us It's up to us To keep afloat, oh How this sweet world has come to be All to keep afloat, oh Mother father please explain to me How this rare world has come to be Oh, let the blue planet, let the blue planet Mother father please explain to me Mother father please explain