Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well, the ferns are tall and the shadows creep,
On a Cretaceous morn where the monsters sleep.
Just a little green lizard with a crooked stride,
Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
Got teeth like needles and a hungry eye,
Beneath a yellow and an ash-gray sky.
The thunder rolls and the rivers roar,
And the world goes turning like it did before.
[Chorus]
Oh, the wind blows cold through the prehistoric trees,
And a tiny little footprint on a trembling breeze.
Trying to make it to another sunrise,
With the ancient terror looking right in your eyes.
Yeah, survival's a song that you gotta play,
Just to see the light of another day.
[Verse 2]
There's a shadow above on a leathery wing,
And you listen real close to hear the sirens sing.
A footprint heavy as a rolling stone,
Walking this valley all by your lonesome.
You watch the brush and you smell the fern,
There's a whole lot of lessons that a child must learn.
When the earth starts shaking and the dust flies high,
You tuck your tail and you learn to fly.
[Chorus]
Oh, the wind blows cold through the prehistoric trees,
And a tiny little footprint on a trembling breeze.
Trying to make it to another sunrise,
With the ancient terror looking right in your eyes.
Yeah, survival's a song that you gotta play,
Just to see the light of another day.
[Bridge]
Well, the great ones fall in the sticky tar,
Under the glow of an ancient star.
And the pack runs fast through the riverbed,
Counting the living and counting the dead.
You scratch the dirt and you hunt the prey,
Just keeping the hunger at bay.
[Verse 3]
So the seasons change and the rivers bend,
From the very beginning right up to the end.
A drop of rain on a scaly hide,
With a whole lot of room and a whole lot of pride.
You're small right now, but the ages wait,
Walking right up to the heavy gates.
[Chorus]
Oh, the wind blows cold through the prehistoric trees,
And a tiny little footprint on a trembling breeze.
Trying to make it to another sunrise,
With the ancient terror looking right in your eyes.
Yeah, survival's a song that you gotta play,
Just to see the light of another day.
[Outro]
Just a baby raptor in the jungle night,
Chasing the shadows out of sight.
Yeah, out of sight.
Hmm.