Ahead of the Flood

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When you think you are prepared to weather the storms of life

Lyrics

[Intro - Synth Arpeggio, Building]

[Verse 1 - Driving]
Read the glass at half past four
Crystals falling, weather turning
Drove the stakes along the shore
Set the lamps and left them burning
I was built to read the sky
That's a trade a man keeps earning

[Pre-Chorus - Build]
And the mercury keeps dropping
And I've got the numbers down
There's a season coming for me
I'll hold the ground

[Chorus - Full Band, Heavy]
I keep the weather outside
Steel behind the stone
Let it fall in gray tide
Built it on my own
And the still water is level
Every line of it is true
The glass will tell me early
And I'll know just what to do

[Instrumental Interlude - Guitar and Synth Trade, Odd Time]

[Verse 2]
Sandbags stacked along the wall
Every seam of it is holding
Let the whole horizon fall
I have seen this weather coming
And the flood that took the lowlands
Broke against the line I drew
What a man builds in the dry days
Is the only thing that's true

[Chorus - Full Band, Heavy]
I keep the weather outside
Steel behind the stone
Let it fall in gray tide
Built it on my own
And the still water is level
Every line of it is true
The glass will tell me early
And I'll know just what to do

[Bridge - Quiet, Congas, Low Vocal]
Still water runs to level, not to fear
Still water holds the sky
Every cloud I ever measured
I watched it pass me by

[Build - Double Bass Drums, Rising Synth]
And when the pressure rises
And the crystals start to climb
I won't wait for it to find me
I will meet it every time

[Final Chorus - Energy: High, Key Lift]
Let it break against the doorframe
Let the thunder take the blood
I have marked the gray tide
I stood ahead of the flood
And the still water is level
And the line I drew is plain
The glass has never failed me
And I've never feared the rain

[Outro - Instrumental, Hard Stop]
[End]

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