By 2 pm the rain is gone Clear and cold above Water slowly fills the shadows on the lawn And never makes a sound Leave it all behind you and head for higher ground All these years Of commitments and careers And we're all up to our ears in fear and doubt And water flowing Down and out Down and out We all try To drown it out Drown it out And stay dry We all try Quietly the valley fills With nothing but a sigh
They shake their heads from high up on the hill Where everything is dry No need to build a boat under sympathetic skies So we fight To be warm and watertight It's not the sunshine blinding us It's just the fear of finding that we're And maybe there's still time Maybe we should find a tree to climb But it's easy not to be afraid We simply close our eyes And watch the water rise