What In The World - Cynthia Erivo

I wake up and look at my phone

I poison my mind

I know I should leave it alone

Somehow I can’t fight it

Letting the world that I know

Come down on my shoulders

And I die inside

When we live, do we learn

As the earth, oh, it turns

Oh, my heart, it burns

What in the world have we been doing

Why in the world are we so cruel and

What in the world are we gonna do when

The world falls away and there’s nothing left

What in the world have we been doing

Why in the world are we so cruel and

What in the world are we gonna do when

The world falls away and there’s nothing left

I sit on the floor in the room

Not sure what to do

A hopeless admission of truth

Is well overdue

We’re killing the world and our youth

And shameless in choosing

Oh, my heart, it yearns

When we live, can we learn

As the earth, oh, it turns

Oh, my heart, it burns

What in the world have we been doing

Why in the world are we so cruel and

What in the world are we gonna do when

The world falls away and there’s nothing left

What in the world have we been doing

Why in the world are we so cruel and

What in the world are we gonna do when

The world falls away and there’s nothing left

What in the world have we been doing

Why in the world are we so cruel and

What in the world are we gonna do when

The world falls away and there’s nothing left

What are we gonna do

When the world falls away

When it all disappears

When it’s all gone, gone