Welcome to the south
Have a Christmas without snow
Three seasons of the year
Six months of autumn
And all the time the riverbanks flood
And the price of electricity goes up
Wasn't this supposed to belong to
Some future
Also these left unfinished
Probably cobblestone work sites
Will before long be
Only the bottom of a bay
When you can make it to the marketplace
But only if you can swim
Far and even then you have to dive
Far and still you have to dive
Yesterday someone said how they saw
How that glacier broke down
And how the water levels of the seas won't
fall anymore
So come, come to the south
When you still have where to come
There's the marketplace, there's manta*
There's even the president's palace
Also these left unfinished
Probably cobblestone work sites
Will become food for the fish
Only the bottom of the bay
When you can make it to the marketplace
But only if you can swim
Far and even then you have to dive
Far and still you have to dive
When you can make it to the marketplace
But only if you can swim far and still you have to dive