[Verse 1]
Now it's come to this
It's like we're back in the Dark Ages
From the Middle East to the Middle West
It's a world of superstition

Now it's come to this
Wide-eyed armies of the faithful
From the Middle East to the Middle West
Pray, and pass the ammunition

[Pre-Chorus 1]
So many people think that way
You got to watch what you say
To them and them, and others too
Who don't seem to see to things the way you do

[Chorus 1]
We can only grow the way the wind blows
On a bare and weathered shore
We can only bow to the here and now
In our elemental war

[Chorus 2]
We can only grow the way the wind blows
We can only bow to the here and now
Or be broken down blow by blow
[Verse 2]
Now it's come to this
Hollow speeches of mass deception
From the Middle East to the Middle West
Like crusaders in a holy alliance

Now it's come to this
Like we're back in the dark ages
From the Middle East to the Middle West
It's a plague that resists all science

[Pre-Chorus 2]
It seems to leave them partly blind
And they leave no child behind
While evil spirits haunt their sleep
While shepherds bless and count their sheep

[Chorus 1]
We can only grow the way the wind blows
On a bare and weathered shore
We can only bow to the here and now
In our elemental war

[Chorus 2]
We can only grow the way the wind blows
We can only bow to the here and now
Or be broken down blow by blow
[Guitar solo]

[Chorus 2]
We can only grow the way the wind blows
We can only bow to the here and now
Or be broken down blow by blow

[Chorus 2]
We can only grow the way the wind blows
We can only bow to the here and now
Or be broken down blow by blow

[Chorus 3]
Like the solitary pine
On a bare wind blasted shore
We can only grow the way the wind blows
In our elemental war

[Chorus 2]
We can only grow the way the wind blows
We can only bow to the here and now
Or be broken down blow by blow