Natur und unser aller Einfluss auf die Umwelt sind Themen die  MARILLION schon häufig aufgegriffen haben. Die neue Auskopplung `A Friend Of The Earth` vom vor kurzem erschienenen Album “An Hour Before It’s Dark“ tut dieses ebenso. Erschienen ist das Video zum internationalen Earth Day.

Steve Hogarth über ‘A Friend Of The Earth’:

“We are not of the heavens. We are of the earth. And whether you like it or not, when it dies, it’s gonna take you with it. The planet is screaming in our faces like an approaching express train. Some of us can hear it but don’t listen. Some of us can’t even hear it. But getting out of its way is our only hope. We’re at a tipping point right now. Not to act, is suicide. Too self-righteous? How about: Turn the thermostat down and eat more veg.”

Videostream:

https://youtu.be/LQW2VrCrCAI

 

Lyrics:

You can turn up the gain on the pain

All the problems you really don’t have

In this trouble-free life

In the trouble-free life

 

I’ve seen the future. It aint orange.

Listen to Greta T

Begins with a letter C

The spore’s already on the breeze

We get what we deserve

The cure is the disease

The cure is the disease

 

Don’t wanna fever

Don’t wanna flood

I wanna be the thing you love

Don’t wanna say goodbye

But I’m watching the time

The flowers and the bees

Vanishing beneath our feet

I don’t want to be food for the trees

 

Locked down

Knocked down

Country in tiers

Shakin’ this one’s gonna take years

 

Re-program the gene

We’re clever enough

but…

Is there a cure for us?

Is there a cure for us?

Is there a cure for us?

Is there a cure for us?

 

I’m gonna be a friend of the earth

Let’s all be friends of the earth

Let’s all be friends