| Song Length |
4:12 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Jazz - General |
| Tempo |
Non 4/4 |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Gracious, Nonviolent |
Subject |
Liberal, Progressive, Existence |
| Similar Artists |
Joan Armatrading, Sarah Mclachlan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
warm and gentle people
we were warm and gentle people before the before
before our fears turned to war
we lived in a world of plenty
and our souls were never empty
but in us lay the rage of ten thousand mothers weeping
weeping for their stillborn dreams of tomorrow.
we were warm and gentle people under the stars
and then they seemed much too far away
we were one but we were alone
and if we were alone, were we really one?
and in us lay the danger of never knowing
never knowing who we were.
never knowing who we could, who we would become.
sometimes it seems like survival could kill us.
well, survival of the fittest, anyways.
sometimes it seems like survival should will us
to go back to before the before.
when we were warm and gentle people.
we were warm and gentle people before the before
before our fears turned to war
we lived in a world of plenty
and our souls were never empty
but in us lay the rage of ten thousand mothers weeping
weeping for their stillborn dreams of tomorrow.