Don't Fall In
We came from the four corners
We are the raw waters
The course the four horsemen
Would drink from, the water that pours
We carry the river, the reservoir
The residue
Rising waves, she sprayed the inevitable
Churn across many voices in our vape
As we surge and gush
We were steam and a distant heat
We move rapid over landscape, gatherin' speed
Desert, land, city, forest, and beach
Headin' for the people that sleep
Ready to bleed
Unleash the torrents, come clean
Carry many lessons that the water teach
But you better learn to swim
Or you'll get caught beneath
Hard rain falling on all the halfhearted
Half formed, fast walking, half fury
Half boredom
Hard talking, half dead from exhaustion
Half pushed but the puddles keep forming
Don't fall in
Some saw us in their tea leaves
Some felt us in their knees
Most left it to the weathermen to tell
Them there was nothing to see
You can play dumb and ignore for so long
But we've been in the
Mountains gettin' strong
We've seen you filling up the
Sky with your fumes
Sitting in your rooms like you're
All that ever lived
Heads down to the lives of
The others in your towns
Running from the rains like
You've never been kissed, look
Leave your possessions and fun
So your friends
That you've gone to make peace with
The things you've never done
Come dance in the deluge
Spill like the flood the weathervane swings
Things will never change
Single the moneymen who close
Their eyes and pretend
That this rumble must be low planes
So strange
Hard rain falling on all the halfhearted
Half formed, fast walking, half fury
Half boredom
Hard talking, half dead from exhaustion
Half pushed but the puddles keep forming
Don't fall in
And they will run to the highest hill
Consult their old books
Ask the dead mystics for
Wisdom they don't trust
The people will flock to the garages
Stockpile cannisters of gasoline
Tinned fish, and bandages
Count the seconds between the
Thunder and the lightning
Scared of every other body
Runnin' 'round frightened
"We can't carry on like this
" you will mutter
Staring with disgust at the people
Weepin' in the gutter
"yeah, we made no trouble
We played by the rules
I worked double shift to get
My kids from school!"
But you were so focused on
Your own little part
You went plowin' on blind in the dark
No heart now we're not the dreaded storm
That will end things
We're just your playful
Gale force friend in these end times
Come to remind you you're not an island
Life is much broader than borders
But who can afford to think over
The walls of this fortress? Of course
It's important to provide
Roof and floorboards
For you and yours and be
Secure in your fortunes
But you're more than the three or
Four you go to war for
You're part of a people
That need your support
And, who's world is it if
It belongs to these corporates?
The people are left on the doorstep
Door shut nauseous and tortured by all
That they've lost
Hard rain falling on all the halfhearted
Half formed, fast walking, half fury
Half boredom
Hard talking, half dead from exhaustion
Half pushed but the puddles keep forming
Don't fall in