o mother, cease your endless cries

shush your wails and calm your seas

splash colour in the darkened skies

draw back your tides and save us, please

your almighty hands rose from the shores

and swept our towns into despair

rubble, ruins, shattered floors

misery hanging hot in the air

our streets used to be filled with song

children laughing and playing free

but your waves wrecked us, made it all so wrong

please, we want to go back to how it used to be

o mother, we know we haven't been the best

but we'll repair what we've broken, this is our vow

we pray please give your mighty arms a rest

so we can pick up the pieces of our lives now