When the Dam Breaks

When the dam breaks, when the flood gates open,
You will know you have done nothing wrong
For the forces of nature are greater than you,
And water shall flow long--after you are dead.

But in the desert, when there is a drought,
A drop of water will be nowhere in sight.
You will feel pain, misery, and longing,
You have done nothing right--so you will die.

When the dam breaks, I will be okay.
When the flood gates open, I will feel pain.
But if you wander the desert, when you do,
I will feel nothing, no pain--inside I am dead.