Opinions change over course of time
Read a book about an old world view
Authors called lands difficult to tame
An outlook of making earth conform
To be exploited, used for agriculture
If untamed, or even worse, truly wild
Humans would call forests wastelands
Seeing anything undeveloped as waste
Seeing anything untamed as dangerous
But the Norse lived in their domains
Building from Sod, rather than wood
So precious and valuable for ships
They'd hibernate in the winter cold
With their animals alongside them
In spring, the fleets would embark
And travel to trade, and discover
Finding new routes to follow, use
Warring upon any who'd oppose
They raided out of hunger, hope
To make use of their limitations
Finding trade routes, new lands
They knew they had no choice
So used their talents and skills
To trade, discover and/or kill
Over time we've not changed
Whales brought to near extinction
Elephants reduced to pale numbers
When will we become extinct
Following the course of rage
To kill to change the world
We must change our ways
And change soon
Or our home, this earth
Will face doom
We have only one planet
And we've become a curse
A song by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross about our possible future
A MINUTE TO BREATHE
