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Paradise is very fragile, and it seems like it's only getting worse Down here in Florida We’re fighting red toxic tides Mass of fish kills Not to mention hurricanes and rising sea levels Back in Los Angeles, things aren't looking much better My treehouse that'd been standing for 80 years succumbed to the Woolsey Fire Who would’ve thought that this year at 33 You would've been taken out from under me After all those years? Built from the ground up, by hand, by your very first owner Quiet World War One, aviation pilot I tried to save you but the German Shepherd seemed more important Paradise is very fragile, and it seems like it's only getting worse Our leader is a megalomaniac, And we've seen that before But never 'cause it was what the country deserved My friends tell me to stop calling 911 on the culture, Songtextebut it's either that or I 5150 myself They don't understand I'm a dreamer And I had big dreams for the country Not for what it could do, but how it could feel How it could think, how it could dream I know Who am I to dream for you? It’s just that in my own mind I was born with a little bit of paradise I was lucky in that way Not like my husband Who was born and raised in hell I always had something gentle to give All of me, in fact It’s one of the beautiful things about me It's one of the beautiful things about nature But lately I’ve been thinking that I wish Someone had told me when I was younger More about the inhabitants that thrive off of paradise That should they take too much, There would be nothing left to give Not everyone's nature is golden and green And you can't fight what's in your nature I got to thinking about it as We were fighting the fires in Agora But I’m tired of fighting you Paradise is very fragile, and it's only getting worse And every time I think of that, I think about the curse bestowed upon Eve, that fateful eve, She took that bite of fruit from that fruitful tree And this summer night, you in front of me, Makes me contemplate the origins of good and evil Because you take and you take and you take and you take, But you taste like the beach and a kiss Candy from my eyes In my veins you run citrus Watercolor images of serpents on orange trees Arise in my midst Kundalini, you breathe me I could do this forever But my heart is very fragile, and I have nothing left to give Aus Songtexte Mania