Tiktaalik II | Original Music (Singer-Songwriter)
0Track 4 from the Tiktaalik album is the second part of the Tiktaalik trilogy, Tiktaalik II.
It builds on the themes of Tiktaalik I, that being the march onwards to an inevitable end, but we start to get a bit more indepth. The song speaks to Tiktaalik himself, predicts the end of the world, and reflects on our own selfishness, greed and corruption. But can all the wealth and happiness in the world save you in the end?
Lyrics:
i) Tiktaalik's Warning
"Run, Tiktaalik
Back to the sea
For demons lie ahead
Stay safe in your innocence
Stay away from the light
Progress comes and progress stays
It's lasting seems eternal
Until the ticking time bomb ceases
And tiktaalik rises again
Here it is
The beginning of the end
Hold on tight
It's a long way down
Are you ready for the fall?
You knew this day would come
When the world would murder everyone
In cold blood, so they say
When minds are lost and backs are turned
The end is on its way
Just hope it doesnt hurt"
ii) Excuse for Abuse
"We may as well be fiction
Parading our ignorance like priests
Spewing bigotry to the masses
And praying to almighty beasts
Does it torture your mind
Or do you struggle to find
An excuse for abuse?
Would a god allow such an end?
And as you wonder
Do you feel yourself slipping away?"
iii) Plastic Pride
"You operate with plastic pride
A painted smile flourished with winks and grins
Money always wins
Use your charm to get your way
But save some for another day
When the world collapses around you
It might be enough to save us too"
iv) Pleading to Empty Pockets
"Your eminence
What is the evidence?
I'm in need of some answers
And I have nowhere else to turn
Could you show me the truth?
Why are we here?
How will we go?
And how do you know?
Will we go like the birds
The seas and the trees?
Is there a special place
Somewhere in outer space?
Could you tell it to my face?
What is the evidence?
What is the evidence?
The howl of the mind
The creak of the trees
The pulse of the chest
The searching of the mind
Are we waiting for a kind of redemption?"
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