The shore must be sinking Or turtlelephant's rising up The tides and tusks her shell of rust Jaws to cut lumber now I'm grinding teeth Great legs are pillars, have somehow given out Thousands of birds lurking, The shallow waters was still too far I keep a mountain between us So we can never touch Hollowed out in the desert Or in the trenches sinking Either way you'll meet the same fate As A coal mine canary.