Survival of the Richest

We had a place by the ocean
 We lived by its rules
 And our house seemed to hover
 Over the tide
 Until that Boxing Day morning
 When all slates were wiped clean
 And though the wave evanescent
 The change permanent
 And while we were looking for loved ones
 They sealed off the beach
 We were told we would not be safe there
 And the barricade grew
 As a provisional precaution
 We were moved off the island
 No return tickets given
 We still gaze at our home from the town
 They've cleared the rubble
 And with it everything else
 Strong foundations set for the five star hotels
 No wave can compare
 This compels us to die
 It is survival of the richest
 With enormous appetite
 It steals, it robs, it takes, it snitches
 Like there's no tomorrow
 It is unnatural selection
 The lucky and the dead
 The fever spreads like an infection
 A cancer on the earth
 It won't ever be the same
 To them this is just a game
 But it will never be the same
 They say this camp's temporary
 But what will come next
 They lay down pipes for our sewers
 But didn't drill any wells
 And the streets of Male's still flooded
 And we are but drops
 In an ocean of people
 With nowhere to go
 It is survival of the richest
 With enormous appetite
 It steals, it robs, it takes, it snitches
 Like there's no tomorrow
 It is unnatural selection
 The lucky and the dead
 The fever spreads like an infection
 A cancer on the earth
 It won't ever be the same
 A tsunami will rise again
 It will never be the same
 A tsunami will rise again
 (It won't ever be the same)
 (A tsunami will rise again)
 (It will never be the same)
 A tsunami will rise
 Again