(voiceovers):
A Gallop snapshot poll taken immediately after President
George

Bush's speech on funding ebryonic stem cell research last
night
shows that 50% of people approve of his descision, 25% do not,

and
still 25% aren't sure what to think.


Most people don't even know stem cells are.

Who's going to scream the loudest?

Will it be the right tiger?
Will it be the scientists?
And now what's going to happen now is that there will be a

tremendous amount of lobbying in Washington DC: scientists,
entertainers, people who want to see this research, people
will

be coming forth.

I'm concerned about it, everyone's concerned about it; the

big
question is do the ends justify the means? When we talk
about

research, yes, we can cure a lot of things, speculatively,
but
where's the proof?


These developing human beings that we're talking about, these
embryos, were developed in an artificial, scientific

environment. In vitro fertilization is not God's will.

That doesn't make them any less human though, after that

happens.

We're on a road where we really don't know where we're going as

far as what's next. We talk about harvet emryos, we talk about
this, we talk about that, but what is the cost?


How could we possible abandon the research?

Well that's the old question, if you think the research is

good...



(song):
What if someone said
Promise lies ahead

Hopes are high in certain scientific circles
Life won't have to end
You could walk again


What if someone said
Problems lie ahead

They've uncovered something highly controversial
The right to life is strong
Can't you see it's wrong


Human kind has reached a turning point
Poised for conflict at ground zero

Ready for a war
Do we look to our unearthly guide
Or to white coat heroes

Searching for a cure

Turn to the light

Don't be frightened of the shadows it creates
Turn to the light
Turning away would be a terrible mistake


Anarchistic moral vision
Industries of death

Facing violent opposition
Unmolested breathe


Ethic inquisitions breed
Antagonistic views
Right wing sound bite premonitions
In a labyrinth of rules


Are you justified
Are you justified
Are you justified
Justified in taking
Life to save life

Life to save life
Taking life to save life

This embryonic clay
Wrapped in fierce debate

Would be thrown away
Or otherwise discarded

Some of us believe
It may hold the key

To treatment of disease
And secrets highly guarded

Are you justified
Are you justified
Are you justified

Justified in taking
Life to save life
Life to save life
Life to save life

Human kind has reached a turning point
Poised for conflict at ground zero

Ready for a war
Do we look to our unearthly guide
Or to white coat heroes

Turn to the light
Don't be frightened of the shadows it creates
Turn to the light

Turning away would be a terrible mistake

We're reaching
But have we gone too far

Harvesting existence
Only to destroy

Carelessly together
We are sliding

Someone else's future
Four days frozen still
Someone else's fate
We are deciding


Miracle potential
Sanctity of life
Faced against each other
We're divided

Should we push the boundaries

Or should we condemn
Moral guilt and science
Have collided

Turn to the light
We defy our own mortality these days
Turn to the light
Pay attention to the questions we have raised