Story Behind The Song

Nature suffering

Song Description

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Lyrics

Eagle

The piercing eyes looked down below
Like so many years before
Nothing new they did show
Above the land she soared

She flew high above the ground
As the Big Beasts came into view
Her majestic wings made no sound
As the rumbling grew and grew


Chorus

As the changing story unfolds below
Her journey does not abate
And she wouldn't want to know
What in the future awaits

Verse

A new sound broke the eery calm
The wagon wheels they came
There He was far as the eye could see
Things would never be the same

Next on the scene came the rumble
Of the Iron Horse
Plains He crossed, mountains tumbled
And so she headed North

Chorus

As the changing story unfolds below
Her journey does not abate
And if she did she wouldn't want to know
What in the future awaits

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Verse


For some time she was happy there
But things would soon change
The wetlands drained, trees disappeared
All she knew now was so strange

She moved her home from year to year
Little chance to settle down
More strangers appeared, coming ever near
No refuge to be found


Chorus


As the story did unfold below
Her journey did not abate
And though she doesn't know
Tragedy awaits


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Verse


One morning she took flight
The world now black and thick
Nowhere could she find clean air
Whatever direction picked

She turned back in rising panic
Through the choking air she climbed
Somehow she made it home
Eyes closing for the final time

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Eyes closed for the final time

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