[Verse 1] To the average person Here is all that I can say Sit your heart upon the water And get ready to paddle away Keep your eyes upon the distance Keep your hands against the tide Something moving toward us From the other side And the old men tell their stories Of the storms that they survived But this water will keep on rising Higher every night [Chorus] There's a tsunami of a lifetime coming Rollin' underneath the sky Nothin' that our elders have seen can tell us How to survive There ain't no good advice to give you No map that's gonna get it right Sit your heart upon the water And paddle for your life [Verse 2] We inherited their highways Their houses and their names All the rules they learned to live by In a world that stayed the same But the shoreline will keep on changing Until all landmarks disappear If yesterday can tell you something It was Pride that brought you here [Bridge] So listen to your elders But don't ask them for a chart When the compass starts spinning You navigate by heart [Chorus] There's a tsunami of a lifetime coming Rollin' underneath the sky Nothin' that our elders have seen can tell us How to survive There ain't no good advice to give you No perfect place to hide Sit your heart upon the water And battle for your life [Outro] Maybe every place is over Maybe every road has changed Maybe what we called tomorrow Won't remember yesterday So when somebody asks me Which way am I supposed to go I'll tell them what I know There's a tsunami of a lifetime coming You can hear it in the night Nothin' that our elders have seen Could ever make us ready for this ride There ain't no good advice to give you Except hold on to what is right Sit your heart upon the water And battle for your life Sit your heart upon the water And battle for your life The battle for your life
