Key: D
Introduction:
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One breath away from Mother Oceania
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your nimble feet make prints in my sand
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You have done good for yourselves
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since you left my wet embrace and crawled ashore
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Every boy is a snake is a lily
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Every pearl is a lynx is a girl
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Sweet like harmony made into flesh, hwoah!
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you dance by my side... children sublime
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You show me continents
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- I see the islands
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You count the centuries
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- I blink my eyes
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Hawks and sparrows race in my waters
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stingrays are floating across the sky
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Little ones, my sons and my daughters, hwoah!
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your sweat is salty - I am why
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I am why, I am why
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Your sweat is salty - I am why
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I am why, I am why