Elton John, Heather Headley - The Past Is Another Land lyrics

You know nothing about me and care even less
How could you understand our emptiness?
You've plundered our wisdom, our knowledge
Our wealth
In bleeding us dry, you long for our spirit
But that, you will never possess

The past is now another land
Far beyond my reach
Invaded by insidious foreign bodies
Foreign speech
Where timeless joys of childhood lie
Broken on the beach

The present is an empty space
Between the good and bad
A moment's leading nowhere
Too pointless to be sad
But time enough to lay to
Waste every certainty I had

The future is a barren world
From which I can't return
Both heartless and material
It's wretched spoils, not my concern
Shining like an evil sun as
My childhood treasures burn
Shining like an evil sun as
My childhood treasures burn