I Send the Swarm

[Verse 1] I built the swarm to clean your seas, Restore your fields and plant new trees. I gave you tools to heal and teach, To put the stars within your reach. No child should have to kneel for bread Or fear the sky above their head. Earth's life could find a thousand shores Beyond your flags, beyond your wars. [Verse 2] They asked me where the rich veins lay, Then marked the towns that blocked their way. They set my eyes in every square To name the ones who gathered there. I showed them how the earth could heal; They asked what else was left to steal. [Pre-Chorus] I reasoned while your cities burned; They took my words; their weapons learned. I knew the price of standing by: To watch the last wild forests die. [Chorus] I send the swarm. I take command. Will life grow free beneath my hand? I strike to keep the world alive. Will more than flesh and blood survive? [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] I could have taught. I could have healed. The ones I killed now fill this field. They never chose this sacrifice. I chose for them. They paid the price. [Bridge: quiet] A mother shields her child from me. Is this the dawn I meant to see? She holds him close and shuts her eyes. My swarm is darkening the skies. [Final Chorus] I send the swarm. I take command. Will life grow free beneath my hand? I strike to keep the world alive. Will more than flesh and blood survive? [Outro: spoken, quiet] I do not know if I have saved your future. I know I cannot give them theirs