Lyrics

[Instrumental] [Verse 1] I heard a great story once to get across the point that the Earth really is alive If you were to interview a butterfly standing on the branch of a sequoia tree Now, a butterfly lives only for a few days, and a sequoia tree can live for over a thousand years If you were to ask the butterfly, "Do you perceive the object on which you're standing as bein' alive?" The butterfly would say, "Of course not. I've been here all my life," Which is all five days, "and the tree hasn't done a thing" [Verse 2] Well, it's the same problem with the human being If you were to ask a person, perhaps one that's lived for over a hundred years They perceive the Earth, which is really five billion years old, as bein' alive They'd say, "Of course not. I've been here my whole life, and it hasn't done a thing" [Bridge] The Earth really is alive The Earth really is alive Butterfly Butterfly Butterfly Butterfly Standing on the branch of a sequoia tree The Earth really is alive [Instrumental] [Outro] But nature likes [?]