A Time Like This

All the trees were cleared last year And the lake was filled With algae blooming Where the oil spilled Pull your rain boots on We're hopping gasoline ponds It sizzles just a little when it hits your skin And it burns As its sinking in And its sinking in Its sinking in that you can't be a kid at a time like this It's almost like we're watching as the end begins And its sinking in that you can't be a kid at a time like this At a time like this Meet me after school In the midday sun The sky is paper thin So we'd better run I won't be surprised If by the time we get home we've turned red It sizzles just a little when it hits your skin And it burns As its sinking in And its sinking in Its sinking in that you can't be a kid at a time like this It's almost like we're watching as the end begins And its sinking in that you can't be a kid at a time like this At a time like this All the trees were cleared last year And the lake was filled in They won't stop building Till the world they leave their children's Made of tar and dust and oil and steel and sediment