[Intro]

We, in the modern age, operate under a dangerous misconception regarding our heritage

If one should ask the average citizen whether or not they believe humans are more highly evolved than our ancient ancestors

They will more often than not express the belief that we are indeed far, far superior

Surely we arе more sophisticated, more capablе of reason

Than the hunter-gatherers of 13,000 BC

More civilized than the marauding Vikings of a thousand years ago

We imagine these peoples as ignorant, primitive and barbaric

We are not those people

But in fact , Homo sapiens sapiens, modern humans

Inherit a gene pool with the earliest hominines like the Australopithecus

Who lived two and a half million years ago

We possess no significant physiological differences from the Cro-Magnons, or the Neanderthals

Nor does evidence suggest our tendencies towards the barbaric have lessened over time

On the contrary

Present day humans are capable of the same self-destructive behavior

The same crimes against humanity

The same violent power struggles as our ancestors

We appear to be doomed by our DNA to repeat the same self-destructive behaviors

Our fore-bearers have repeated for millenia

If anything, our problem-solving skills have actually diminished

With the advent of technology and our ubiquitous modern conveniences

And yet, despite our predisposition towards fear-driven hostility

Towards what we anachronistically term "primitive behavior"

Another instinct is just as firmly encoded in our make-up

We are capable, as our ancestors were

Of incredible, breath-taking acts of kindness

Every hour of every day, a man risks his life at a moment's notice to save another

Forget for a moment the belligerent benevolent billionaires who grant the unfortunate a crumb of cost-free cake

I speak of pure acts of selflessness

The Mother who rushes into the street to save a child from a speeding vehicle

The person who runs into a burning building to reach a family trapped on the upper story

A man who can barely swim, who dives into a lake to rescue a drowning stranger

Such actions, such moments, such unconscious, selfless decisions

Define what it is to be human

[Verse 1]

Should the oceans rise

Should the sky come falling down

Should the islands tremble beneath us

See our better nature blossom

[Verse 2]

Should the sun rain fire (Rain fire)

Should Hell on Earth freeze over (Should Hell on Earth freeze over)

And our inner beast wake hungry

See our better nature feed them

Should the sun rain fire (Should the sun rain fire)

Should Hell on Earth freeze over (Should Hell on Earth freeze over)

And our inner beast wake hungry (And our inner beast wake hungry)

See our better nature feed and calm them (Nature feed and calm them)

[Chorus]

Find a way through, around, or over

Find a way through, around, or over

Find a way through, around, or over

Find a way through, around, or over

Find a way through, around, or over (Find a way, around, over, find a way)

Find a way through, around, or over (Find a way, around, over, find a way)

Find a way through, around, or over (Find a way, around, over)