This Earth Lyrics - In The Time Of Gods - Dar Williams

In my life on earth 

the things I have invented have invented me 

I found my industry 

I am not alone 

I fashion friends from precious scraps 

they hold the light they bend to serve me 

joking that they dont deserve me 

after days of craft and care 

I lift a sword and slice the air 

Such has been my time upon this earththis earth 

Then my wife returns 

more beautiful then when she left the night before 

I show her things I made 

The filigree of ferns, diamonds, snowflakes, tears of gold 

She murmurs praise, a small caress; I smile to see her happiness 

Silver webs with sand engrained 

that catch and hold real drops of rain 

Such has been my toil upon this earththis earth 

When Im feeling vexed I go upstairs and bury something deep 

Then stand back and push a button, from a distance watch the earth explode 

This earth 

I love this land of mortal men 

They wake to know the fire again 

The things we make, the things we feel, 

Armored plates and molten steel 

All of these inventions of the earth..the earththis earth..