Pain of Salvation - Water lyrics

Ground water moves very slowly
While water at surface
Can be measured in meters per second
The ground water will more likely
Be measured in meters per year!
Contamination of the ground water
Causes severe damage for a very
Long time despite this
Military and nuclear industry constantly
Pollutes large areas of
Ground water – in times of peace

I've always loved the sound of rain
Touching so softly my windowpane
And then the scent of dew at dawn
Coming to greet me from my moist lawn - home

I always took it for granted
I never valued the drops I shed
I failed to see the relations
Between my self and world starvation

Water's for the chosen
But how come we expect us to be those few
Me and you?

In this hot, desolate timeglass
I met this man
Wearing a worn old flyer's cap
Every day he had
To dig 10 feet down for his daily ration of
Water, one poor gallon and so he did
Singing while doing it

Ten feet of sand for the thirst
But he gave me half of what
He was given for a day
All for thirst and sanity use
While we use up hundred times more
What do we do with it?
Pipes and bathtubs, sprinklers and fountains
Freshwater used as a dump for
Oil and nuclear waste
"Desert people turns humble" he said
They know what they have
But do they know what they
Lose when we flush? And flush and reflush

But yet, sadly
He looked up to me felt a need for our
Greed: our "freedom" said all
He really wanted was
A car and a radio he too failed to see
The relation between our live
…and his starvation

And water's for the chosen
And water's for the few
And water's for the chosen
And water's for the few
Oh, life is for the chosen
But only if we believe it to be true
But we do

But, I'm through i'm through
I'm through

I've always loved the sound of rain