Who are we?
Verse
Who am I in this world?
Who and what are you?
In the grand scheme of things
What are we to do?
Ant’s beside a mountain.
Grains of sand in time.
We’re meaningless beings
In the grand design.
Chorus
Pretenders to a throne.
A crown we’ll never own.
Tyrants much like us
Petrified in stone.
Who are we who are we
But flesh and bone?
Verse
Split a tiny atom
Learned to act like gods.
A fool who plays with fire
Soon returns to sod.
Set a foot on the moon
Looked down on the earth.
We’re pitiful nothings
In the universe.
Chorus
Pretenders to a throne.
A crown we’ll never own.
Tyrants much like us
Petrified in stone.
Who are we who are we
But flesh and bone?
Bridge
Somehow we think we’re destined
For some greater fate.
But in the end we’ll find
Our expiration date.
Verse
Who am I in this world?
Who and what are you?
In the grand scheme of things
What are we to do?
Ant’s beside a mountain.
Grains of sand in time.
We’re meaningless beings
In the grand design.
Chorus
Pretenders to a throne.
A crown we’ll never own.
Tyrants much like us
Petrified in stone.
Who are we who are we
But flesh and bone?
carroll kiphen
Written like someone who has no hope.
The only thing I would change is:
Ant beside a mountain
Grain of sand in time
No, nothing needs to be changed. The plural is quite appropriate there. Except it should be "ants" with no apostrophy 😉
Great one!
At least i didn't spell it _aunts.
carroll kiphen
Aunts - Ha! My only reasoning for singular is it really accentuates the smallness.
