The Water

The telegraph cables hum And few can decipher who the message is from And deliver it quietly 'Cause some don't get much company The harbor becomes the sea And lighting the house keeps it collision free Understand the lay of the land Don't let it hurt you Or it will be the first to The water The water didn't realize It's dangerous size The mountain The mountain came to recognize Its steep and rocky sides More than realized Pale as a pile of bones You hope for your babies and this is how they grow Wind-battered, knocked over The teeth by the shoulder Watching the gray sky that's acting like a good guy The water The water came to realize Its dangerous size The mountain The mountain came to recognize Its steep and rocky sides Came to recognize Its steep and rocky sides More than realized