Missy Higgins – How Was I To Know lyrics

When the order came to dig the well To crack the earth to pull the oil To take the blood out from my mother’s veins Well I broke the ground to feed the mouth I did not here the warning sound I could not put back in what I took out How was I to know How was I to know I’d be a stepping stone To the end The end of everything How was I to know On the day I built a house so high It’s antenna did scrape the sky Well everyone applauded in my shadow So my neighbour built a higher one Then again his neighbour after him Till racing through the clouds was all that mattered Up and up the buildings went Glass and stone and hard cement Till all the green was left to die below How was I to know How was I to know I’d be a stepping stone To the end The end of everything The end of everything How was I to know Long ago I caught a pretty fish Blue and silver and delicious And I knew she’d line my pockets green So I bought a bigger boat that had A net to scrape the ocean and I fished until one day that net was empty How was I to know How was I to know I’d be a stepping stone To the end The end of everything How was I to know And how are we to now Turn these stepping stones around Back to everything that matters Can that place even be found or is it lost Forever The end of everything The end of everything How was I to know? How was I to know? Explain Request ×

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