the sea is rising

for that discoveries are what we make
the songs of finders are the things that last
the science is in finding words that take

the singer sitting by some mountain lake
has little trouble with the line that's cast
for that discoveries are what we make

the gardener now leaning on his rake
thinks not upon the leaf-falls of the past
the science is in finding words that take

the lover who thinks there's no mistake
in making sure that things happen so fast
for that discoveries are what we make

unless it happens that some watchful snake
has shed its skin too soon for the bomb's blast
the science is in finding words that take

now having seen that we will truly shake
the ship together from the keel to mast
for that discoveries are what we make
the science is in finding words that take