Swallowed By The Earth - The Ocean

Tonight the earth opened up And swallowed quite a lot

Of all the pretty things

That don’t mean anything to me (nor to you).

To anyone who likes the feel

Of cold wind blowing from the sea,

And dead leaves falling from the trees,

Whirling through the air

Like rotten vessels on their way

Warm rain kept pouring down,

The streets submersed in rising water.

And all the clouds were looking down

Upon the people seeking shelter.

They are afraid of being carried far away

To some place where they feel they don’t belong.

But deep inside they feel that maybe any place,

No matter how far away, would be Better than home.

And, no one realized the gods in heaven

Were giving all of them a reason to go.

And no one expected the water

That now reached up to their throats.

Swallowed by the earth (swallowed by the earth),

They disappear (they disappear).

Swallowed by the earth (swallowed by the earth).

So do we all.

(repeated)