Michael Jackson – Earth Song

Trigger warning – there are some horrific and disturbing scenes in this moving music video. But it is worth watching (and there is redemption to beauty at the end), and remembering that this was made over 20 years ago and the things Michael is singing about with such passion have only gotten worse. 
Don’t go back to sleep.

Lyrics: 

What about sunrise
What about rain
What about all the things that you said
We were to gain
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said were yours and mine Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we’ve shed before
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying Earth, these weeping shores 

Aah, ooh

What have we done to the world
Look what we’ve done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only son What about flowering fields
Is there a time
What about all the dreams
That you said was yours and mine Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying earth, these weeping shores 

Aah, ooh
Aah, ooh 

I used to dream
I used to glance beyond the stars
Now I don’t know where we are
Although I know we’ve drifted far 

Aah, ooh
Aah, ooh

Aah, ooh
Aah, ooh 

Hey, what about yesterday
(What about us)
What about the seas
(What about us)
The heavens are falling down
(What about us)
I can’t even breathe
(What about us)
What about apathy
(What about us)
Drowning in the seas
(What about us)
What about the promised land
Preachin’ what I believe
(What about us)
What about the holy land
(What about it)
What about the greed
(What about us)
Where did we go wrong
Someone tell me why
(What about us)
What about baby boy
(What about him)
What about the days
(What about us)
What about all their joy
Do we give a damn 

Aah, ooh
Aah, ooh 

Songwriter: Michael Jackson

Earth Song lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc