Lyrics
[verse]
Shapes of shadows crawling on the wall
Tell me what tomorrow holds in store
Will we hear the answer to it all
Or just repeat the errors from before
Will the fields still carry any green
Will the rivers run the way they run
Or will everything we've built and seen
Fade away before the setting sun
[chorus]
Shapes of things before my eyes
Turning slowly, shifting through the skies
Shapes of things I dread to see
What kind of world will greet you and me
[verse]
Will the children breathe an honest air
Will the cities learn to live as one
Or will greed and fury still be there
Long after all the fighting's done
I can feel the future pressing close
A thousand shadows shifting in the haze
I wonder which of them will matter most
When we look back on these uncertain days
[chorus]
Shapes of things before my eyes
Turning slowly, shifting through the skies
Shapes of things I dread to see
What kind of world will greet you and me
[bridge]
So tell me now before it slips away
What shape of hope will guide another day
[chorus]
Shapes of things before my eyes
Turning slowly, shifting through the skies
Shapes of things I dread to see
What kind of world will greet you and me
