High Water

This track was born from a real headline: Rising sea levels threatening coastal cities worldwide: 132 million more people at risk than previously thought, US east coast rising 2-3x faster than global average, tidal flooding 300-900% more frequent than 50 years ago. The lyrics weave in verified details — 132 million more people in path of rising seas than previously estimated; US east coast sea level rising 2-3x faster than global average; 10-12 inches of rise expected in next 30 years along US coasts. Muckraker's pop production gives the story the weight of a front-page exclusive — journalism you can feel in your chest. Lines like "The insurance pulled out last September, no one will extend" anchor the track in specifics that generic coverage misses. The mood — haunting, building, emotional — reflects the emotional reality behind the numbers. Every Majik's Studio news track exists to make you feel the story, not just read it.

[verse 1] Miami Beach on a Tuesday afternoon The ocean's in the lobby three months too soon King tide at the doorstep, salt beneath the floor The basement floods on schedule now, they don't even lock the door A hundred thirty-two million more than they had guessed Are living in the path of waters rising east and west New York harbor climbing two to three times the global rate And every inch is someone's home that isn't going to wait The old man on the boardwalk says it never used to flood Now every autumn moon pulls ocean mixed with mud Eleven million souls in Kolkata on the line Fourteen million more in Mumbai running out of time [chorus] High water, high water The ocean's coming for the door High water, high water Another inch and there's no floor High water, high water The tide is never going back [verse 2] Bangkok sinking seven centimeters every year Shanghai's seawall engineers are mapping out their fear Ten to twelve more inches on the US coast by then That's the next three decades and it won't go back again Tidal flooding up nine hundred percent since seventy-five Two and a half million Americans wondering if they survive The insurance pulled out last September, no one will extend A thirty-year mortgage on a house the sea intends to end Dhaka in the delta where the rivers meet the bay Thirteen million people and the ground sinks every day The maps keep getting redrawn and the red keeps bleeding in And every year the new line is closer to the skin [chorus] High water, high water The ocean's coming for the door High water, high water Another inch and there's no floor High water, high water The tide is never going back [bridge] We built our cities at the edge of the sea Because the view was worth the gamble, or so we believed But the ocean keeps a ledger and the debt is coming due A hundred years of carbon and it's coming home to you One inch, two inch, the kitchen and the stairs One inch, two inch, the water doesn't care [chorus] High water, high water The ocean's coming for the door High water, high water Another inch and there's no floor High water, high water The tide is never going back [outro] High water, high water The tide is never going back High water The tide is never going back