Dawn of Man

[Instrumental]

[Verse 1]
I was about fifteen
I was walking the beach
I was a-racing a wave
It knocked me off my feet
I fell into the tide
It spat me back on the sand
I laughed without a clue
How lucky I was to land

[Chorus]
It's been a long, long time (Long, long time)
Since my life was spared
It's been a long, long time (Long, long time)
But I'm still not scared

[Verse 2]
It was the dawn of man
I held the bone in my hand (Hand)
I was as hungry as death (Death)
Wandering through the sand (Sand)
I met a wild boar (Boar)
My bone came down with a crack (Crack)
I tasted flesh and blood (Flesh and blood)
And swore I'd never look back (Back)

[Chorus]
It's been a long, long time (Long, long time)
But I had just begun (Just begun)
It's been a long, long time (Long, long time)
Out in the African sun (Sun)
It's been a long, long time (Long, long time)
Since I learned that skill (Skill)
It's been a long, long time (Long time)
Since my very first kill

[Bridge]
If anyone's out there to see what we have done (Done, done, done)
Can somebody tell me what we are to become?
Our tiny lives, they fly right by
This goodly frame, it does not care if we live or die

[Verse 3]
It was the month of June
In Tiananmen square
The tanks were on TV
But I was not yet there
The guns, they all went pop!
We heard the screams and shouts
I was brought into this world (World, world)
As they were taken out (Out)

[Chorus]
It's been a long, long time (Long, long time)
So many people to mourn (Mourn)
It's been a long, long time (Long, long time)
Since the day I was born
It's been a long, long time (Long, long time)
And yet no time at all (At all)
It's been a long, long time (Long, long time)
And yet no time at all

[Outro]
If anyone's out there to see what I have done
Can somebody tell me what I am to become?
Our tiny lives, they fly right by
Who were they? And next to them, who the hell am I?

[Instrumental]