"Rising" - words and music Lloyd Allan MacPherson We've seen it all once before And now can't help but see it once more I really don't know where to begin But my soul is searching We can continue down this broken path Or decide it's time we just stepped back From zero sum games where no one wins In a world that's hurting Take our hands and walk up this mountain Is this easy for you all to believe Because the time we've feared is coming Rising to bring us to our knees Trust that we will heed this warning This is something we can't continue to repeat Let one happen but time to stop the rest Rising to bring us to our knees An outstretched hand, we know we've faltered Is it time we all decide to concede Is it right to think this can't be altered Our future in the hands of those not seen Take my hand we'll climb up this mountain A step at a time is all we need Can't lose control of those thoughts, our emotions It has come the time to claim our destiny. A local group will be making application soon to the "Rising Tide" projects - aptly named. We can't sit back and watch extreme weather phenomenon have its way with our island while government invests billions in an industry that naturally hastens our decline. That's not normally the way Cape Bretoners have fared in the past. We are not inland - we are an island. There is a solution but to create a global example - one the rest of the world could plainly see - would mean an immediate transition to practices that our current government doesn't fully support. The only way this could be supported is through our people and with so many still debating the "climate change" science, rallying them will difficult.