No Avalon Lyrics - Alanis Morissette

no avalon 

I'm just a white girl 

From a small, safe town 

What could I possibly know about destruction? 

My lawn sure looks green today 

Underneath these suburban skies 

But the little boy next door 

Wants to be the Lord of the Flies 

It's like Cain and Able and the holy sacrifice 

And I have to believe that God has closed his eyes 

And if there is no Avalon and we only have one life 

It's hard to conceive why we let our brothers die 

My bed is so safe here 

And my rose-colored glasses, they're broken 

And how the truth leaks in 

And I, I can't imagine 

I saw it on the news tonight 

That they'd announce his name 

I saw the blood on his hands 

And they told me to look away 

I tell ya it's like Cain and Able and the holy sacrifice 

And I have to believe that God has closed his eyes 

And if there is no Avalon and we only have one life 

It's hard to conceive why we let our sisters die 

Why, why? 

Why? 

It's a confusing civilization, darling 

I tell ya It's like Cain and Able and the holy sacrifice 

And I have to believe that God has closed his eyes 

And if there is no Avalon and we only have one life 

It's hard to conceive why we let our people die 

We let 'em die 

And watch them die