Attalus - Desolate Isle lyrics

Where is the peace that
They promised we’d find?
Peace for our cities our children our minds?
We are desperate and lost on the winds
Of ideals that keep changing their course
Utopian dreamers only bring us new wars
We are desolate at another dead end

So why does the tide always
Brings us to this?
If heaven is real why’s it easy to miss?
I want life but I’m content to exist
Without knowing my purpose
Where are the prophets the
Priests and the kings
Who looked beyond nature for
The nature of things? They’ve been ignored
And called primitive men cause their
Theories weren’t fully evolved
They believed mysteries that
Science can’t solve
But, I’m unsure that we’re wiser than them

We look at the world through a narrower lens
We follow our reason and stop where she ends
We put faith in our senses
And forsake common sense
It’s disorder but we call it
A new world order

Are we so righteous that we can
Make all the wrongs right?
Are we so enlightened that we
Can turn darkness to light?
(No) We’re just the cynics
Proclaiming the flaws
We aim our polemic at political laws
We’re fighting the symptoms because
We can’t see our greed is the cause
Oh, yes, our greed is the cause

We stand as judges when we
Should be standing on trial
We’re the ones who make this
World a desolate isle
We’re the problem – every father
Every mother every child
But the truth is we’ve grown
To love the exile

On this rock we’ve taken our stand
Joined by the leagues of men
Now buried in sand
Babylon – we’ll build her again
The great city of man
But this time we'll be sure she will stand!
But on this rock the castles will fall
(Here comes the light cast to
Wipe out the walls)
We can’t keep the waves of
Time from reaching the walls
(Oh dear humanity, where is your sanity?)
Every man – the great and the small
(And the women and the children)
When the Tide overtakes us Justice
Will take us all (Justice will break us
Shake us just in time to
See our wretched seeds)

Are we so righteous that we can
Make all the wrongs right?
Are we so enlightened that we
Can turn darkness to light?
Are we so righteous that grace
Doesn’t have any worth?
Are we so enlightened that we
Can build heaven on earth?

No!

Are we so righteous grace has
No longer has worth? (Who can save us?)
Are we so enlightened that we
Can build heaven on earth?
(Who can save us?)
Are we so righteous we can
Make all the wrongs right?
(Who can save us?)
Are we so enlightened we can
Turn darkness to light? (Who can save us?)
Are we convinced that we can save ourselves?