Three Second Earth

[Verse 1]
In three seconds, a forest falls,
Saw teeth bite through a living wall.
Barbie dolls roll off a factory line,
Tiny hands made by machine time.

In three seconds, a headline flashes,
One more name, one more ashes.
Someone waits with an empty bowl,
Somebody swallows a broken soul.

[Pre-Chorus]
Three seconds, three seconds more,
The world keeps moving at the door.
One blink, one crack in the sky,
And we keep asking why, why, why

[Chorus]
What happens in three seconds?
Everything, everything.
What happens in three seconds?
A little death, a little spring.
What happens in three seconds?
We turn away, we turn again.
What happens in three seconds?
We lose the land, we lose the skin.

[Verse 2]
A new car gleams on a showroom floor,
Fresh paint shining like a dare for more.
A billboard smile sells a better life,
While the old dog sleeps near the road at night.

A factory hum, a shipping crate,
A field goes brown from a borrowed fate.
One more bird with an empty nest,
One more child who never gets rest.

[Pre-Chorus]
Three seconds, three seconds more,
The world keeps moving at the door.
One blink, one crack in the sky,
And we keep asking why, why, why

[Chorus]
What happens in three seconds?
Everything, everything.
What happens in three seconds?
A little death, a little spring.
What happens in three seconds?
We turn away, we turn again.
What happens in three seconds?
We lose the land, we lose the skin.

[Bridge]
Count it out, don't close your eyes,
Three heartbeats under borrowed skies.
If we could feel that split in time,
Would we still call it fine, fine, fine?

[Final Chorus]
What happens in three seconds?
Everything, everything.
What happens in three seconds?
A little death, a little spring.
What happens in three seconds?
We turn away, we turn again.
What happens in three seconds?
We lose the land, we lose the skin.

What happens in three seconds?
Everything.