Story Behind The Song

I was watching this EXTREME animals show on the Discovery channel one night and the number one EXTREME animal was a Waterbear, which I had never heard of before. They are amazingly resilient little microscopic creatures that resemble bears. They can end

Lyrics

I'd like to be a waterbear,
indestructible, sleeping without care
I'd like to live a thousand years
on a bed of moss to see how I would fare
And when the moss gets too much air
I'll go hibernate and rest all of my fears
Cause one day soon I'll come to life
when you cry upon the rock
and I come to know your tears.