What is it to be human?
What is staying alive? To possess
A great hall inside of a cell
What is it to know? The same root
Underneath the branches
What is it to believe? Being a carer
Until relief takes over
And to forgive? On fours through thorns
To keep company to an old enemy
What is it to sing? To receive breath
From the genius of creation
What's work but humming a song
From wood and wheat
What are state affairs? A craft
That's still only crawling?
And armaments? Thrust a knife
In a baby's fist
Being a nation? What can it be? A gift
In the swell of the heart
And to love a country? Keeping house
In a cloud of witnesses
What's the world to the all powerful?
A circle spinning
And to the children of the earth?
A cradle rocking
What is it to be human?
What is staying alive?
What is it to be human? (What is it to be human? [?x])
Being a nation? What can it be? A gift
In the swell of the heart
And to love a country? Keeping house
In a cloud of witnesses
What's the world to the all powerful?
A circle spinning
And to the children of the earth?
A cradle rocking