Nihiru - Little Kings Lyrics

We forgot who we are
And where we came from
We think ourselves kings of this
Careless universe we call home
But when the earth quakes
When the sky turns black
We realize how little we do know
We live with both feet on the ground
We never look up to the skies
Free to express concrete
Free to smother in smoke and dust
All our fears
All our desires

We gather together
Bound but absent
And wish for the horizon to tell us we matter
We gather together
And hope it will tell us
There's nothing beyond it we don't know
We gather together
Bound but absent
And wish for the horizon to tell us we matter
We gather together
And hope it will tell us
We're kings of this careless universe we call home

Here we sit in silence
And again we wonder
Are we kings of this careless universe we call home?
And from the horizon nothing but hush
For our doubts to sink in
Is there something we will never know?
The times we looked up to the sun
And were left with pain in our eyes
Will not teach us to be afraid of the unknown
But to face it with courage
United
As mankind

The time we spend hating is wasted
The lives we spent fighting were sacred
Our duty is clear, rekindling our conscience
Or the wealth we hoard will be worthless

We gather together
Bound but absent
And wish for the horizon to tell us we matter
We gather together
And hope it will tell us
There's nothing beyond it we don't know
We gather together
Bound but absent
And wish for the horizon to tell us we matter
We gather together
And hope it will tell us
We're kings of this careless universe we call home

Wisdom employed for the sake of destruction
Catering to the ignorant
A paradise lost to our pernicious actions
A predictable consequence

I don't want to feel small, in a world of little kings that want a place all for themselves
I don't want to be with those who don't despise hate towards their fellow man
In a race where everyone wants to keep their crown from those who want nothing, but to be understood