Mimicking Birds - Now and Then lyrics

[Verse 1] If the best intentions might be okay Depends on which side of one angle you glance from Well some envision more better ways To cope with all the accumulation of material waste [Chorus] Sent, bent Thrown through sorting, bleaching filters To an higher extent And leech on each way You kids grow old Into ugly tall dark strangers Whose spirits slope And fade off in sour ways [Bridge] And I was damned then And I am I still am And I was Me no, no, then I am I still am, now and then [Verse 2] When our harm extends into the farther reaches of space It takes twice as much time with each increment both ways in space Well some depend on there being a better place But lorn on accumulation in material waste [Chorus] Sent, bent Thrown through sorting, bleaching filters To another extent And leech on in any way Worn kids might grow old And into ugly tall dark strangers Whose spirits slope And fade off in other ways [Bridge] And I was them then And I am I still am And I was Me, no, oh, then I am I still am, now and then [Chorus] Sent, bent Thrown through sorting, bleaching filters To higher extent And leech on that way You grow old Into any other stranger Whose worn spirits slope And fade off in sour ways