while you were building your empires    I was still sleeping    I was still sleeping    while you were setting your woods afire    I was still dreaming    I was still dreaming       now I will unsettle the ground beneath you    send my waters ashore    creep into your bed    find you in every corner       while you argue it over    I am not waiting    I am not waiting    while you retreat to your comforts    I am not fading    I am not fading       I’ve done this many times before you    old Shanghai    New Orleans    Amsterdam and Mumbai    strange new creatures    to scavenge your pores    oh I’ve done this many times before you    ashen sky    lightning storms    deltas to desert plains    wartime on every border       I’ve done this many times before you    watched the pattern take form    children your time is done    if you say it’s done together