Opening Invocation (FX + Chant)

(Water dripping into a pool… slow drum heartbeat)

Hmmmm—ohhh—hmmmm

(Soft chant)

Ya—na—ho… ya—na—ho…

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Verse I (Low Chant / Sung)

Before the roads, before the lines

Before we poisoned what was kind

The water ran without a name

And still it knew us just the same

From glacier bones to river veins

From falling rain to ocean plains

It carried stories, held our breath

Held our birth, and held our death

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Affirmation I (Spoken – soft, echoed)

I remember the water.

The water remembers me.

What I protect, protects life.

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Chorus (Call & Response Chant)

Clean the water — hey-ya — hey-ya

(Ah—ho—ah—ho)

Clean the flow — hey-ya — hey-ya

(Ah—ho—ah—ho)

From the land to the sea

We are one, we are many

Clean the water — hey-ya — hey-ya

(Ah—ho—ah—ho)

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Interlude (Creature & Earth Sounds)

(Frog calls… insects… bubbles rising)

(Flute breathes slowly)

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Verse II (Deeper, More Urgent)

We forgot the law of return

That what we poison, we must learn

Will circle back on unborn hands

And dry the songs of future lands

Plastic prayers on sandy beds

Oil-black tears where coral bled

Still the tide keeps calling out

Not with anger — but with doubt

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Affirmation II (Spoken – firmer)

I choose clean hands.

I choose clear water.

I act as a guardian, not a taker.

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Chorus II (Expanded, Drums Louder)

Clean the rivers — hey-ya — hey-ya

(Ah—ho—ah—ho)

Clean the seas — hey-ya — hey-ya

(Ah—ho—ah—ho)

Every drop is sacred ground

Every life is ocean-bound

Clean the rivers — hey-ya — hey-ya

(Ah—ho—ah—ho)

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Meditative Breakdown (Underwater Chant)

Ah—na—ma—loo—ahhh

Rrrra—ho—ma—na—ahhh

(Water pulses in rhythm with breath)

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Affirmation III (Whispered Circle Voices)

Slow down.

Listen.

The water is alive.

We are not above it.

We are within it.

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Final Verse (Hopeful, Rising)

If we heal the streams we see

The oceans heal silently

If we clean what’s close to home

The blue will never be alone

The children yet to speak our names

Will drink from waters we reclaimed

And thank the ones who chose to stand

As keepers of the living land

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Final Chorus (Soft → Strong)

Clean the water — hey-ya — hey-ya

(Ah—ho—ah—ho)

From the wells to the tide

We restore, we don’t divide

Clean the water — hey-ya — hey-ya

(Ah—ho—ah—ho)

We remember who we are

When the waters clear and shine

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Closing Prayer (Spoken, Fading)

May the rivers run clear.

May the seas breathe free.

May we remember…

The water remembers us.

(Last drumbeat… long whale call… silence)