Mason Jennings Lyrics: Don't Let the World Go Black

Don’t Let the World Go Black

Note: This song goes by two names: “Black”, as on the soundtrack for the movie 180° South, and “Don’t Let the World Go Black” as on the benefit album Patagonia Music, Volume 1. Since the latter is more recent, we will assume it is the canonical name.

Dam the rivers and damn ourselves
Clearcuttin’, watch another tree fall
The situation is bigger than us
But the solutions are all temporary

Ice age information age
Distracted, living life on the phone
We try to live in the present now
But the future won’t leave us alone
It keeps coming

Don’t let the world go black

I am the man with a choice at hand
Stuck in traffic on the streets of the Earth
We are the mind running out of time
With the power to decide what it’s worth
God help us

This is the heart trying to make a new start
Choosing love in the shadow of doubt
In trouble as the bubble fills with rubble
Digging in is the only way out
Keep digging in

Don’t let the world go black
Keep singing

Oh is this the last hour of life
One more chance to make it right
Darkness is close at hand
Help us to understand

Volcano in the town of Chatham
Hot ash raining from the sky
Earthquake in the Golden State
Everybody’s asking why
I’ll tell you

The story changes but the author remains
Mother Earth’s gonna do what she will
On top of a spinning top
Still acting like we’re standing still
Start spinning

Don’t let the world go black
Keep singing

Oh is this the last hour of life
One more chance to make it right
Darkness is close at hand
Help us to understand

Don’t let the world go black