Story Behind The Song

This is from the perspective of a Ninth Ward resident who's lost pretty much everything - but hope.

Song Description

Written on the 1st anniversary of Katrina hitting the southern US coast.

Lyrics

Water

There I was watching as the water rose
Couldn't leave, I just had nowhere else to go
And if I did, there's nothing much left of a road
And I'm too old to shoulder a heavy load.
But I didn't bleed
I didn't die, today, I'm here to say

There's nothing else, that I have ever seen
Carry away, cars and trees and everything
Leave us here, living in a post war scene
Like taken back, a million years in a time machine
Helping each other
Grateful for life, small things, my love, my cares

All these things I thought of gave me hope
Among the fear and nightmares - I would cope
When in the night there's no protection
And in the day such insurrection
Help me go.

I want to live to see free and happy times
I want my home, family clock and doorbell chimes
Where can I go, what can I earn back now
I've got to leave, and make do somehow
Mercy befall me
Let me now rise, set sail, from ruin, PREVAIL