Silent Ruin

Wash the blood from my hands Take the pain from my heart I just can't understand What it is that we do What's the thread running through The heritage of man How can I justify to my child what we're doing When I can't explain it myself And if I close my eyes to the wild silent ruin Then I'm just like everyone else Wash the blood from my hands Take the pain from my heart I just can't understand What it is that we do What's the thread running through The heritage of man And I cry for their beauty; I cry for their pain And I cry that my child may not see them again Will I leave her a legacy she's being denied Oh I pray that we will when I kiss her goodbye How can I justify to my child what we're doing When I can't explain it myself And if I close my eyes to the wild silent ruin Then I'm just like everyone else Oh I dream of a time in the future When we can renurture the damage we've done For although there's a dark side to all human nature Our true selves are born in the sun Please explain to me what we have done