Defend Atlantis

That was as far as the tide came in 
I remember the starfish and the wails of the sirens then 
We replaced the tridents, embraced Poseidon 
And discovered ourselves living on an island 

We flow like water across the lost city 
Chalk prophecies and washed off graffiti 
In continents 
Trade off for payoff 
And high concepts then lost to chaos 
Many tales radiate from one nexus 
Defending a dream of a new directive 
A call from the deep sums up a notion 
The day when the people bum rushed the ocean 

From the beaches they ran to meet the day after 
Underneath the waves won't repeat the same chapter 
Knew what they had to do 

That which creates life has power to take it right back 
Fucking with the icecaps 
We've gotta push the tide back 
We can survive collapse if we don't get sidetracked 
If we visualize living underwater hidden by prisms 
Countries fall but people transition if one for all we live in that vision 
Hundred dollar bill origami 
Balloon inflation new world economy 
We float on tsunami to global warming 
We need structures to control what's coming 
Corporate monopolies obsolete 
The philosophy leaves us lost at sea 
But from Marwar to Cochabamba 
We are the warriors that won't get conquered 
'Cause rising tides drown all villages 
Divided fighters succumb to pillage 
Rescuers whatever your latitude 
It's time to pioneer a new world attitude 
Put local cycles first we're Global Islanders with nothing left to plunder 

From the beaches they ran to meet the day after 
Underneath the waves won't repeat the same chapter 
Knew what they had to do 

(Alert the law alternate nations train in the streets 
Act to limit all non-transparent industries so 
We must defend Atlantis 
Anchor the land and never transform into seas 
Assets to liquify all netted toxic indices so 
We must defend Atlantis) 

For centuries human beings have pursued the meaning of Atlantis 
Central to their teaching is that it's existence answers man's essential questions 
Much like the feeding of the 5,000 
Even if the facts aren't accurate the story's magic is alive 

Of utmost importance to convert the impertinent 
Atlantis holds the answer to man's ills at their most pertinent 
Aspersions easily dispersed when I certainly answer 
The most diverse aversions when I firstly channel _ 

Is this all that you hold 
For a warriors role 
The ground shakes 
You claim my country not my soul 
I fought I toiled, for the lost in the waves I will not tire 
I die no slave 
If the seas my grave 
I sleep with my city 
My people my oath 
My shame my city is that 
I cannot save my city 
From waves that claim you 
And curse the gods who can't explain 
Who to blame 
At the end of the reign 
Heed me 
The season passes Atlas 
His keeps in the sediment 
Failing monumentally 
And leaving no monuments to see 
Only sea to shining sea 

(Assess the loss as new tidal inundations surface 
Amidst the legions are now thousands in starfish 
We must defend Atlantis 
As the land acquiesces no tears in sympathy 
Address the legacy and never treat it separately 
Access telepathy last as neverending transcendency) 

And survival hinged on an attempt by the humble 
And the sirens wailed as the empire crumbled 

With nothing left to plunder corporations drowned 
Waves clapped like thunder and stormed the gates with sound 
Forming a new nation now 

As the icecaps melted water levels rose 
We raised our hands together and made the levees hold 
Heals in the sand we revealed the depths below 

The population of starfish exploded from the ocean 
Survival we unified to focus on 
And the voices were many but we spoke as one 

As the tale was retold we multiplied 
And swelled across the faultlines to halt the tide 
We let the altars die to keep our pulse alive 

And from the barren wastelands of naked trash 
We stitched together a shelter from fallen nation's flags 
And chose to build a future from an ancient past 

The crowns of thorns was worn we put the tritons down 
We found new forms of anchors deep inside the ground 

The world is an island now