Why does life
have to be this fragile
Why is there a death
so close to birth
Why does life
have to be this fragile
Here on earth
Here on this earth
The same waves that
brought you crashing in with joy
The same waves left
your universe destroyed
The same sand that once warmed
this white man’s toes
It makes graves
for your silent flesh and bone
Smiles that I will not forget
Joy that left me in your debt
Why does life
have to be this fragile
Why is there a death
so close to birth
Why does life
have to be this fragile
Here on earth
Here on this earth
The same nets that once
put food upon your plate
They lie cast like the die
that sealed your fate
Reason here has lost its rhyme
And words feel empty at this time
Why does life
have to be this fragile
Why is there a death
so close to birth
Why does life
have to be this fragile
Here on earth
Here on this earth
The same man that the wind
and waves obeyed
The same man
who was the first one
to know pain
This same man
He could keep control of everything
But this same man knows
more than me about suffering
So calm this overwhelming force
'Cos earth and heaven
seem divorced
So why does life
have to be this fragile
Why is there a death
so close to birth
Why does life
have to be this fragile
Here on earth
Here on this earth