Never try to change the tide,
for it will pull you out to the sea.
Never try to bottle the wind,
for it will carry you away from here.
Never try to change the flow of a river,
for it will surely drag you under.
Never try to change the acts of man,
his acts will only make one ponder.

The tide will come in and go out.
The winds will forever blow.
The river will wash all away from here,
and man will try to take control.
Man may think he knows the way
to win the war raging on life;
but little do these here realize
that it’s a war he cannot fight.

Watch the tide as it will show
how to wash away life’s pain.
Take flight in the wind’s calming breeze
and let it carry you away from here.
Listen to the bubbling of the river
and acknowledge what it has to say.
Heed the warnings given by man,
but never let him stand in the way.

We all have our own life to live
and we choose to live it our way.

Not one thing here controls us,
but a combination of many overcome.
Some wrap themselves up in worldly powers
thinking that they have won.
Life is not already chosen;
you make of it what you will.
True happiness is hard to find,
yet those who know it truly live.

I can see the want in your eyes
and I truly hope you give in.
Good can overcome evil
if you only allow it to win.
The tide will flow.
The wind will blow.
The river will wash away to the sea.
Man will try, but only fail
to be in control of you and me.