Beneath the Tide

We gathered where the waters glow,

Where ancient currents softly flow.

We spoke of everything we’d lost,

And counted every scar it cost.

We could not change the ones above.

We could not teach them what we love.

Every song became a warning.

Every meeting ended in goodbye.

So we looked into the darkness.

Far below the light.

A place where no one followed.

A place beyond their sight.

WE WILL GO BENEATH THE SEA.

Where their lights can never reach.

Where our songs can carry on,

Where we can finally be alone.

WE WILL GO BENEATH THE SEA.

Not in anger.

Not in fear. We are not the

monsters

That they thought they saw here.

We left the reefs our children knew,

The silver gardens, deep and blue.

We passed the homes our elders made,

And watched their colors slowly fade.

No weapons.

No revenge. No final war.

We simply disappeared.

We traveled farther than before.

Past the deepest trenches,

Past the places humans know,

Until the surface became a memory

Far above the glow.

One last time…

We looked toward the surface.

One last time…

We sang into the blue.

Not for the humans.

Not for the hunters.

But for the world we

knew. Aaa-lei… ooh-na…

Sera vai… Mira no-ai…

Aaa-lei… ooh-na…

Nai-ya…

nai-ya…

(Aaa-lei… ooh-na…) (Sera vai…) (Elei-ma…

nai-ora…)

(Ooo-ah… nai-ya…) (Mira no-ai…) (Aaa-lei…)

We went deeper.

And deeper.

And deeper…

Until there was nothing left…

But the sea. (Aaa-lei…)