Though It Takes a Million Years
About this track
Human beings often measure history in generations. The Earth measures it in ages. "Though It Takes a Million Years" is a song of deep time—a reflection on humanity's exploitation of the natural world and the quiet resilience of the planet that carries us. It imagines a future far beyond the noise of industry, where abandoned machines have rusted away, scars have healed, and rivers once again run clear. The song is not a cry of revenge. It is a meditation on endurance. The Earth has survived countless changes across millions of years, and it will continue long after our struggles, ambitions, and conflicts have faded into dust. The question is not whether nature will endure, but whether we will learn to live in harmony with it while we are here. With its sweeping imagery of forests, oceans, stars, and the turning of the planet through space, "Though It Takes a Million Years" invites us to step outside our brief human moment and listen to the much older song of the world beneath our feet. THOUGH IT TAKES A MILLION YEARS They mined our coal, they stripped our gold scoured wounds in our soul, the blood that they spilt was of us all. and one day when they lie silent We’ll sleep in peace again Their machines rust and decay in forgotten holes though it takes a million years we will rise from healing tears and the noise of driven men will all be gone. Oh, the streams will flow like crystal, the winds blow fresh and clear, and we’ll sail around the sun and we’ll be free! They return to ash and dust in our rich and fertile crust food for every flower and tree, and we’ll be free! for their struggles and their striving will all be mangled gears, for we'll sing a song that they will never hear! though it takes a million years we will rise from healing tears and the striving of driven men will all be gone. the streams will flow like crystal, the winds blow fresh and clean, and the steaming jungles thrill with songs! [Instrumental] they took our oil, took our heat took beauty 'neath our feet. With fire and flood They crushed our broken world But we've been around too long, Our patience older than the stars though you've torn us, and tried to silence all our songs. though it takes a million years we will rise from healing tears and the terror of driven men will all be gone. oh, the streams will flow like crystal, the winds blow fresh and clear, and we’ll wheel around the Sun, and we’ll be free! We will sail through the sky, and we’ll be free! (P) Heartfelt Music Ltd 2026