This Is Far From Over - Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Though half of life is gone for good

And we haven’t acted as we should

You feel it in your heart of wood

That this is far from over

Shorelines gone and maps destroyed

Livelihoods dissolved and void

Entire languages unheard

And still it’s far from over

Be sure you teach your kids to swim

And navigate by stars above

The fate of landlocked life is grim

When you ignore our will to love

When all that’s left is sea and sun

A lonely voice says «All's not done»

Its your child who will be the one

To sing it’s far from over

A traveller upon the sea

Sings «It's a sailor’s life for me»

I now embrace eternity

For this is far from over

You never know what she will find

When we are dead and she is sailing

Nor what new thoughts will cross her mind

As wind blows in her hair

Don’t worry if all life is gone

The rocks and sea will still roll on

And new wild creatures will be born

Yes, this is far from over

The whole world’s far from over