Clouds sprinkle their juice on the highlands

The ostrich fights his rivals to death

Caves have been hiding their secrets for ages

Visiting Ayers Rock must be contagious

(Aaaah)

Snow turns what you see into magic

Sand dunes slowly crawling ahead

Clouds of locusts are causing an eclipse

Dropping their contents as seasons greetings

(Fragile) - it's a sensitive balance

(Fragile) - has the decay begun

(Fragile) - let us take some precautions

(Fragile) - as there is only one

(Fragile) - to assure the survival

(Fragile) - of our delicate Earth

How long should you keep sticking your head in the sand?

Mountains rise as majestic giants

Dry land guzzles the river beds

Leopards that search for food at an oasis

Kalahari shows her rugged faces

Milford Sound revealing its beauty

Endless salty deserts unfold

Ozone protecting us from radiation

Amazon forests the river behold

(Aaaah)

(Fragile) - it's a sensitive balance

(Fragile) - as there is only one

(Fragile) - to assure the survival

(Fragile) - has the decay begun

(Fragile - Fragile - Fragile – Fragile)

(Fragile) - let us take some precautions

(Fragile) - for our delicate Earth

How long should you keep sticking your head in the sand?

--- Instrumental break ---

--- Narration ---

Human population quadrupled in the last century

That’s even double the time that it took to exhaust natural resources

In the same period, CO2 level topped the maximum of the last million years twice

The southern hemisphere facing malnutricion, while adiposity rules the western world

Greenland’s ice sheet melting with over 60 cubic miles each year

The Great Barrier Reef is crumbling slowly, while the thrash fortex spans half a million square miles

--- Instrumental break ---

(Fragile) - it's a sensitive balance

(Fragile) - has the decay begun

(Fragile) - let us take some precautions

(Fragile) - as there is only one

(Fragile) - to assure the survival

(Fragile) - of our delicate Earth

Crocs will search for food in the city

Leaving foxes ready to die

The Mariana Trench pierces the ocean

Deeper than Everest reaches the sky

Hanging curtains from the Aurora

Tiny plankton feed giant whales

Comets come barging in though not invited

Lava erupts on a major scale

(Fragile) - it's a sensitive balance

(Fragile) - has the decay begun

(Fragile) - let us take some precautions

(Fragile) - as there is only one

(Fragile) - while the climate is changing

(Fragile) - and the science moves on

(Fragile) - such a specific problem

(Fragile) - with a simple approach

(Fragile) - to assure the survival

(Fragile) - of our delicate Earth

How long should it take to open up your eyes and see what’s going on?

(Lyrics: Maarten Heeringa)