While you were
building your empires
I was still sleeping

I was still sleeping
While you were setting
your woods afire

I was still dreaming
I was still dreaming


Now I will unsettle the
ground beneath you
Send my waters ashore

Creep into your bed
Find you in every corner


While you argue it over
I am not waiting
I am not waiting

While you retreat to your comforts
I am not fading
I am not fading


I've done this many
times before you

Old Shanghai
New Orleans
Amsterdam and Mumbai

Strange new creatures
To scavenge your pores
Oh I've done this many

times before you
Ashen sky
Lightning storms

Deltas to desert plains
Wartime on every border


I've done this many
times before you
Watched the pattern take form

Children your time is done
If you say it's done together