Meeting at Sea Level

There's no time to be worried A promise is an option gone Watering plants on the rooftops Thinking about the moments begun There's no secret. We've messed up And there's no one to sweep the crumbs Candidates stuck on a ladder With a compass pointing south Higher, higher Protect our hearts from disaster Lower, lower We'll seek shelter underwater And one day, I believe we will meet at sea level Meet at sea level, like we used to do The surface isn't what it used to be And the horizon warped under the weight of our democracy The oxygen is our new currency Hovering on the edge of bankruptcy Everybody calm down, stop this insanity We'll get through it, it's obvious, can't you see? But the waters rose until our hands were clean From the mountain of dirt we were swarming in There's no time to be worried A promise is an option gone Watering plants on the rooftops Thinking about the moments we've lost