The Great Debate Lyrics

The Great Debate lyrics

What if someone said
Promise lies ahead
Hopes are high in certain
scientific circles
Life won't have to end
You could walk
again

What if someone said
Problems lie ahead
They've uncovered
something highly controversial
The right to life is strong
Can't you see
it's wrong

Human kind has reached a turning point
Poised for conflict
at ground zero
Ready for a war
Do we look to our unearthly guide
Or to
white coat heroes
Searching for a cure

Turn to the light
Don't be
frightened of the shadows it creates
Turn to the light
Turning away would
be a terrible mistake

Anarchistic moral vision
Industries of
death
Facing violent opposition
Unmolested breaths

Ethic
inquisitions breed
Antagonistic views
Right wing sound bite
premonitions
In a labyrinth of rules

Are you justified
Are you
justified
Are you justified
Justified in taking
Life to save
life
Life to save life
Taking life to save life

This embryonic
clay
Wrapped in fierce debate
Would be thrown away
Or otherwise
discarded

Some of us believe
It may hold the key
To treatment of
disease
And secrets highly guarded

Are you justified
Are you
justified
Are you justified
Justified in taking
Life to save
life
Life to save life
Life to save life

Human kind has reached a
turning point
Poised for conflict at ground zero
Ready for a war
Do we
look to our unearthly guide
Or to white coat heroes
Searching for the
cure

Turn to the light
Don't be frightened of the shadows it
creates
Turn to the light
Turning away would be a terrible
mistake

We're reaching
But have we gone too far

Harvesting
existence
Only to destroy
Carelessly together
We are
sliding

Someone else's future
Four days frozen still
Someone
else's fate
We are deciding

Miracle potential
Sanctity of
life
Faced against each other
We're divided

Should we push the
boundaries
Or should we condemn
Moral guilt and science
Have
collided

Turn to the light
We defy our own mortality these
days
Turn to the light
Pay attention to the questions we have raised