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because our coast is our future

a space we share with the many

now working loving and playing

and the many who will come after

working and loving and playing

because this is where we walked

this is where we swam

and the pictures taken here

beneath the riverbed

are lines to our anchor souls

because the ecos in our economies

is the same ecos as in our ecologies

and our not dwelling on this fact

lays waste to all homes of all things

that may be dwelling here

because this is where we walked

this is where we swam

and the pictures taken here

beneath the river bed

run right through our lotic souls

because our coast is our future

a space we will share with the many

now working loving and playing

and the many who will come after

working and loving and playing

Capital—we are coming

and we will defend our coast

link arms and defend our coast

sing this song to defend our coast

walk forward to defend our coast