Through plumes of smokeA few houses a blazeYour eyes scan over the waterWhere the city’s outline is faded and erasedCries in the nightAfter the stormArms entangled in wave and wireFrozen below in the darknessDays floatBuildings swayTensions rise with the watersAs the sense of your fears worsenWhat’s at stakeOnce the levee breaksNo one could imagine not returningNor the shots that echo and ringingNo second lineWill lay you downThe delta moon weeps and weepsAs the tide folds it little babies to sleep’Neath the darknessSleep now sleepSleep now sleep