River Chant from Drowning Songs by Skip K.D.

The river inherits the sea
When the ocean returns from the sky
The river inherits the sea
The debt will be paid when you die

Hands go numb
Lungs gasp and fill
The Tide rises as it will

Flesh intertwined
In muck and silt
The tide rises as it will

The river inherits the sea
When the ocean returns from the sky
The river inherits the sea
The debt will be paid when you die

The crawlers feed
On bodies bloat
Swept away and dragged below

The tides arise
And rivers run
All the water moves as one

The river inherits the sea
When the ocean returns from the sky
The river inherits the sea
The debt will be paid when you die

The river inherits the sea
When the ocean returns from the sky
There's nothing forever or free
Our debt will be paid when we die

• Folk
• Mendocino