Story Behind The Song

The "me" & "I" character in the song represents mankind and the acts that humanity have committed against morality and nature and the "mother" & "she" character represents "Mother Earth" trying to guide us with warnings from nature.

Song Description

The "me" & "I" character in the song repeatedly steals, wastes and destroys against the advice of "Mother."

Lyrics

[v1]
She begged me
Pleaded with me
Turn back from this course

But I proceed
Cov'ring my ears
Chasing my greed

[v2]
She said my son
All that waits there
Is suff'ring and pain

Won't you listen
Please heed my words
Stand with me again

[ch]
But you know
Yes, you know
That I won't even look back

And you know
You already know
What will come from this one act

[v3]
I walked on
The sun kissing my face
But my heart felt cold

So I cut down
More than enough
To try and warm my soul

[v4]
I could hear her
Crying to me
Tears running down her face

Won't you only
Take what you need
More pain comes from waste

[ch]
But you know
Yes, you know
That I won't even look back

And you know
You already know
What will come from this one act

[v5]
As I walked on
I then beheld
My brother standing there

Something glist'ning
Catching my eye
And my greed reared it's head

[v6]
As I pulled it
From his fingers
She screamed in dismay

Oh my children
What have you done
You cannot live this way

[ch]
But you know
Yes, you know
That I won't even look back

And you know
You already know
What will come from this one act

[v7]
I've been walking
For so long now
And no more from her have I heard

But all my scars
And my regrets
Are far outweighed by what I've learned

[v8]
For I know, now
All she offered
Was hope, love and honesty

But what I chose
Haunts my mem'ry
I chose lust, hate and greed

[v9]
Oh my mother
What have I done
How could I be so blind

I have stolen,
Raped and destroyed
Even killing my own kind

[v10]
You could see it
Deep in my eyes
Hiding in me from my birth

Can you forgive
Turn back your rage
My mother, my home; earth