Nature has some new plague
To run in our streets
History some new wrinkle

We are doomed to repeat
Fugitives at the bedroom door
Lovers pause to find an open store

Rain is burning on the forest floor
And the red tide kisses the shore


This is not a false alarm
This is not a test


Stay out of the sun
It only burns my skin
Sky full of poison

And the atmosphere's too thin
Bless the sun, the rain no more
River running like an open sore

Black wind falling to the ocean floor
And the red tide washes ashore


THIS IS NOT A FALSE ALARM
THIS IS NOT A TEST
Nowhere we can fly away

Nowhere we can rest
The party is disrupted by
An uninvited guest


Deadline approaches
For the weary land

It used to be something
But we let it run down in our hands
Too late for debate, too bad to ignore

Quiet rebellion leads to open war
Bring a sea-change to the factory floor
As the red tide covers the shore


Now's the time to turn the tide
Now's the time to fight

Let us not go gently
To the endless winter night
Now's the time to make the time

While hope is still in sight
Let us not go gently
To the endless winter night