I looked across the North Sea
And the sea looked so dead
I wonder what this place will look like in the next twenty years
But where I'm living all the shop shelves are full
Goods to help me shut out scenes of this dying world

Every time i try to hide the churning of my guts inside
Everybody fails to heed the warning
Mother,mother , I just stand by
They push the needle deep inside
I'm poison in your veins
Intravenous!

Holidays were different
All the things that I learnt
All the boys were sunning
While the skin cancer burnt
Just for one split-second saw the great work of Man
As he turned the forests into deserts of sand

We watched the world change before our very eyes

Every time i try to hide the churning of my guts inside
Everybody fails to heed the warning
Mother,mother , I just stand by
They push the needle deep inside
I'm poison in your veins
Intravenous!