[ti:Closer to an Animal] [ar:Sonata Arctica] [al:The Ninth Hour] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Closer to an Animal - Sonata Arctica [00:31.24]I am a man [00:33.15]You fell down from that apple tree [00:36.27]The other day with me [00:43.37]We had already forgotten [00:45.23]We one day crawled up [00:46.68]From the sea [00:50.64]Imagine now [00:52.67]If we one day could build [00:54.74]A flying contraption and see the world [00:58.52]What if we could somehow [01:00.57]Store knowledge in a cloud [01:03.09]Draw a smiling face on the moon [01:04.81]Find the meaning of life [01:08.38]Riding the crest of our time [01:14.25]With bravado soon complete [01:18.32]Will we see a new one rise behind us [01:24.93]A new chance a new world [01:29.11]Our wave [01:33.39]It's about to break [01:37.93]And we're about to dive in the void [01:42.90]It echoes our fall [01:47.18]Our paean to avarice [01:52.13]I think we're closer to an animal [02:01.95]Every day till we fall [02:09.83]Can you believe [02:11.55]We have all those eyes high in the sky [02:14.58]And we can now see the world [02:17.13]One thing truly makes me blind [02:19.95]The wisdom of hindsight [02:22.25]The eye in my own hand [02:27.36]Riding the crest of our time [02:33.36]With bravado soon complete [02:37.58]Will we see a new one rise behind us [02:43.94]A new chance a new world [02:52.16]I think I'm closer to an animal [03:01.87]Every day till I fall [03:07.88]If you want it all [03:10.22]You can have it all [03:12.61]But greed raises oceans too [03:17.14]When the glacier of [03:19.70]Our broken dreams [03:22.35]Melts in your champagne glass [03:26.80]Someone knocks on your door [03:31.00]Four times [03:33.30]Sand in your hour glass [03:37.57]Every grain is a day falling [03:42.84]Finding it's rightful place [04:06.88]If you want it all [04:09.04]You can have it all [04:11.50]But greed raises oceans too [04:16.15]When the glacier of [04:18.66]Your broken dreams [04:21.36]Melts in your champagne glass [04:25.80]Do we need it all [04:28.10]We can have it all [04:30.43]Our greed will raise oceans soon [04:35.15]And the glacier of [04:37.52]Our human dream [04:40.55]Gone with the champagne glass [04:44.61]In the sea [04:46.99]I am a man [04:48.76]In the grand scheme of things [04:50.10]Only minutes have passed [04:51.87]Since I crawled up from the sea [04:53.75]But already [04:55.19]I've built a flying contraption [04:56.80]And seen the world [04:58.77]I've drawn a smiley face on the moon [05:01.25]And stored knowledge in a cloud [05:04.18]What a wonderful gift our mind is [05:07.26]But why am I using it [05:08.96]To destroy this beautiful planet [05:11.63]My only home [05:13.16]If it defines me if it makes me a human [05:17.10]I need to get closer to my inner animal