So they built their shiny hotel
Where the water meets the land
They smiled a little nervously
As the ocean took the sand
They went down below the shoreline
And they hauled it back again
But the heavy rain and the hurricane
And the water's gonna win
The glass of water you were sipping
As you watched the morning come
Has quenched the thirst of seven others
We are memories and moments
We are born and born again
Rushing stream and breathing steam
Ascending and falling and rising up again
Ride the tide and ride the wind
Haul the rocks and sign the papers
Pour another glass of gin
Cut the ribbon with the scissors
But the water's gonna win
You went down beside the river
Gave the ashes to the current
Saw them swirl into the flow
You still hold it all inside you
You can't stop once you begin
Close your eyes and feel it rising
You can't hold back the tide
You can't hide from what's within
Feel it move beneath your skin
It will with keep flowing through
All we are and all we've been