Survival Of The Richest

We had a place by the ocean

We lived by it's rules

And our housee 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

It won't ever be the same

A tsunami will rise again

It will never be the same

A tsunami will rise again