Blink Of An Eye

We had a place by the ocean 
  We lived by its rules 
  And our house seemed to hover 
  Over the tide 
  Until that Boxing Day morning 
  When all slates were wiped clean 
  And though the wave evanescent 
  The change permanent 

  And while we were looking for loved ones 
  They sealed off the beach 
  We were told we would not be safe there 
  And the barricade grew 
  As a provisional precaution 
  We were moved off the island 
  No return tickets given 
  We still gaze at our home from the town 

  They've cleared the rubble 
  And with it everything else 
  Strong foundations set for the five star hotels 
  No wave can compare 
  This compels us to die 

  It is survival of the richest 
  With enormous appetite 
  It steals, it robs, it takes, it snitches 
  Like there's no tomorrow 
  It is unnatural selection 
  The lucky and the dead 
  The fever spreads like an infection 
  A cancer on the earth 

  It won't ever be the same 
  To them this is just a game 
  But it will never be the same 

  They say this camp's temporary 
  But what will come next 
  They lay down pipes for our sewers 
  But didn't drill any wells 
  And the streets of Male's still flooded 
  And we are but drops 
  In an ocean of people 
  With nowhere to go 

  It is survival of the richest 
  With enormous appetite 
  It steals, it robs, it takes, it snitches 
  Like there's no tomorrow 
  It is unnatural selection 
  The lucky and the dead 
  The fever spreads like an infection 
  A cancer on the earth 

  It won't ever be the same 
  A tsunami will rise again 
  It will never be the same 
  A tsunami will rise again 

  (It won't ever be the same) 
  (A tsunami will rise again) 
  (It will never be the same) 
  A tsunami will rise 
  Again