Protection

You’ve broken it down
Your best protection

You’ve taken them down
Taken them down
Taken them down
Your best defenses

They went in thick and they went as thieves
Cut down mangroves for that embassy
And now the sea swells
And they ring the bells

Now the water is rising all over town
They’ll be the first to go when the flood comes down

They started out with a helping hand
Now they won’t let go and they’re bringing you down

Now the walls that kept them out are keeping you in
Shot through your own loopholes

They’ll squeeze you hard until you squeal
Until you plead out and take that deal

Walls going up around the little Americas

How you gonna disarm someone without knowing what they’ve got
Break it down, make it more
How you gonna give them the world when there are things they’d much prefer
How you gonna offer protection

I will build no more defenses
I will gather no more stones
No more hard-headed schemes

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