Not What We Used to Be

This green
This green
This green
This green
This greenhouse is overgrown
Its brighter tones have lost control
And given way to whoever finds to climb the walls
Trying to touch the sun
And the dust mites, dirt on the window taunts them
We break through and survive or die
Now they're trying to decide
Like I am
If the instructions are part of life
Should they tear down the walls and continue their search for life?
Now they're trying to decide
Like I am

Green hospital bedsheets freeze
The city skyline's such a tease
Just out of view is my first treat
We're in perfection
But did you catch my eye
And lead me to the greenhouse and then to the vines?
We're safe inside these walls tonight
Now they're trying to decide
Like I am
If the instructions are part of life
Should they tear down the walls and continue their search for life?
Now they're trying to decide
Like I am