The tide rises up the sand And it falls back It seems as if it's unmanned Counterattack
The tide is inching up now Then slides away It climbs up the sand somehow Never at stay
You see just the constant motion Never at a rest The clock of the open ocean The pull then the crest
It looks the same, yet different The push the the pull The flat line of the gradient A part of the whole
Years later, the water's now higher Near the steps of your house Yet you think the sand must be drier Nothing is under dowse
You a small wall up infront the place So the tide never hits Right now, everything's at little haste Danger, it's at a quits
Later you notice the house is flooding The tide rolls up and down there Because the wall could stop only nothing The house is just sea and air
You think it is smart to move up the hill "Though the tide climbs, it will fall" "The tide will not stay up, but the house will" "When it rises, it will crawl"
Later you here the spinning of the cycle The water is always around Now you know it ill never be idle It goes up, but does it come down?
You think it can be fixed, something you can do But two homes are there down under So you blame society, partially true But it was also your blunder
Finally, at last, you say you can fix it all But you took too long, it is too late Because the ocean is rising with little fall That’s why you hate the one who is late
Because only the mountain is left standing dry All life is certainly out of whack You must recede to the only place that is high The tide rises up the sand and doesn't fall back
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