climatesongs - The Silent

The Silent

They're waving, they reach out, they're trying to cry
Their lips they are moving, they try and they try
But no one can hear them, they can't say a word
Their screams they are silent, no sound can be heard

They want to be seen, they're trying so bold
They're trying to tell, their story untold
Cause they are the unborn, from the next century
and there is something they want us to see

And if you try hard, their lips can be read
the grim naked story of what lies ahead
and deep in their eyes, there you can see
what we are doing to the future to be

While greenhouse gases are filling the air
who is to listen, who is to care ?
when the temperature's rising, who will understand ?
who will speak for them, who will take a stand ?

The lyrics were written to the folk song "Monday Morning" recorded by e.g. Peter, Paul and Mary.