A concrete monstrosity to replace the place you loved
You told me all those stories now those photos that you took are all that's left besides the memories
They tore it down brought in machines
To lay the concrete paint the lines you didn't even get to-

Say good bye to something beautiful, goodbye to something pure
It seems that overnight those bastards changed the wood to stone
That bridge might just have been the final anchor holdin' this ship down at port
Now they'll set sail for something better but find their compass doesn't work

A desolate wasteland, a desert of pavement
We're spiraling deeper yet most are complacent
The green has vanished and the grey has taken over
(the world is becoming so monochromatic)
When the sun goes down the stars don't shine
The night sky is polluted with light and at dawn the smog fades colors in the sunrise

So say good bye to something beautiful, goodbye to something pure
It seems that overnight those bastards changed the wood to stone
That bridge might just have been the final anchor holdin' this ship down at port
Now they'll set sail for something better but find their compass doesn't work

A field for a blacktop, a tree for a pillar
Unchain mother nature with strip-malls you'll kill her
A blanket of concrete to cover the planet
They need it to live but they take it for granted
So tear down and clear out and build up some more
Replace all the forests with theme parks and stores
What the fuck are you waiting for, go on drop the bombs
And say good bye to something beautiful, goodbye to something pure
It seems that overnight those bastards changed the wood to stone
That bridge might just have been the final anchor holdin' this ship down at port
Now they'll set sail for something better but find their compass doesn't work

Plant shovels in my chest to dig out any hope that's left
Replace my skeleton with rebar, my blood with gasoline
My heart is just a cold steel engine now
My veins are copper wire
I feel nothing except gears turning to pave the green away