Brad Roberts of Crash Test Dummies - Disposable Words lyrics

VERSE 1 Some of us are pink, some are other colors All are born from gas clumps, call them our mothers Some of are us are brown, and come from different folks Our DNA distinct, fueling cosmic hopes We started long ago, and painting desert caves Building to the skies, digging out our graves Made temples where we, could honor our gods Performing rituals, to better our odds CHORUS 1 When the time comes to boldly go Even if the voice is whispering I hope I'll be the first to know I hope it tells me everything With disposable words and reusable genes We'll live our lives beyond our means VERSE 2 But now our odds grow slim, the planet torn asunder Our science so advanced, we flirt with cosmic blunder The gods are not responding, our temples a mere facade Our odds have not changed, our beliefs were a fraud I thought I saw a falling star, and so I made a wish But it was just a satellite, and I am just its dish I wondered if these skies, would be where we embarked A tired out humanity in a modern Noah's ark CHORUS 2 When the time comes to boldly go Even if the voice is whispering I hope I'll be the first to know I hope it tells me everything With disposable words and reusable genes We'll live our lives beyond our means BRIDGE Thingamajigs toil less, industrial revolution Darwin unraveled a the rest, a beastly evolution We cast a spell of ones and zeroes Tossed out leaders, welcomed heroes VERSE 3 Teaspoons in the ocean, dust among the clouds No cure or magic potion, just a restless hungry crowd d**h and resurrection, do they add up to the same Or have we spent our equity, playing some cosmic game? CHORUS 3 When the time comes to boldly go Even if the voice is whispering I hope I'll be the first to know I hope it tells me everything With disposable words and reusable genes We'll live our lives beyond our means REFRAIN The jig is up, the strings are snipped We are set free, but without a script