Watershed - Vienna Teng

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