Silent Springs

We are burning, each day yearning
For the freedom we were promised
Every day a blur, it is hazy
like a gauzy film of dust

Helpless we go, reaching beyond
Reason has fled
All we do is toil, for nothing
Really we're all dead

All we have is this moment, we have enough
Our economy turns on our hopes and dreams
Now so empty, as we empty the earth
We don't notice the silent springs