Story Behind The Song

A song about climate change, but also about the flood of regression currently seen in American Politics.

Song Description

A song about climate change, but also about the flood of regression currently seen in American Politics. The rivers are rising - literally and metaphorically. Literally, the changes in weather are affecting us all. Metaphorically, the river is a flood of hate, business and politicians are stripping away resources and rights at a rapid pace. The song suggests that the public needs to make careful, informed decisions in areas we tend to pay insufficient attention to.

Lyrics

Shelter

There is a storm a-brewing
that stretches from here to hell
Nothing can hold the wind back
nothing can tame the swell
The rivers they are a-rising
rushing across the land
Nothing can hold the floods back
paddle faster if you can

Clouds have blotted out the heavens
fleet across the sky they sail
Blown by winds we cannot see
that also brings the driving hail
Forking flashes break the sky
and meet the rising arc
Flaming pillar spreads and turns
to ash what once was bark

Lightning bolts and thunder bellows
strike the strings of the devil's cellos
Nothing can the fires quell-oh
choose, oh choose your shelter well
oh, choose your shelter well

There is a storm a-brewing
that stretches from here to hell
Nothing can hold the wind back
nothing can tame the swell
The rivers they are a-rising
rushing across the land
Nothing can hold the floods back
paddle faster if you can

Lightning bolts and thunder bellows...

All told in lies and bluff and blunder
a world of promise torn asunder?(there is nothing left to plunder)

Lightning bolts and thunder bellows...?