Text:
Intro (spoken, ominous)
Beneath the blue they hid their shame,
sealed the guilt and dumped the name.
Listen — the ocean keeps the score.
Don’t dive there. Don’t knock on that door.

Verse 1
Salt on the lips, the sun in your eyes,
you laugh at the water, you swim where it lies.
Below the calm, a sleeping grave,
metal ghosts with poison to save.
They bargained the future for a filthy fee,
said, “Out of sight, out of me.”
But the currents remember, the currents tell —
men who bury the world, send the children to hell.

Pre-Chorus
Bubbles rise like unanswered prayers,
blackened tides and hollow stares.
If you crave to know what monsters do,
don’t go looking where the barrels brew.

Chorus (shout/hypnotic)
Oh — not fall, don’t go down there,
don’t breathe the hush, don’t touch the air.
Oh — not fall, the sea is a grave,
stay on the shore, stay out, be brave.
We’ll hunt the hands that sold our land,
bring down the law, make them stand.
No mercy for those who chose to kill,
draconian justice — that’s the will.

(solo)

Verse 2
They called it cheap, they called it clean,
lined their pockets while the coral wept unseen.
Stories on paper, signatures in ink,
but the ocean reads what men don’t think.
Kids will dive where beaches glow,
and breathe the secret we should know.
Tell your children not to play that game,
the bottle says poison, the label says blame.

Pre-Chorus
Lights below like funeral pyres,
silent reefs and rusting tires.
If you wonder who will pay the cost,
remember the graveyards where life was lost.

Chorus (shout/hymn)
Oh — not fall, don’t go down there,
don’t taste the dark, don’t wear despair.
Oh — not fall, the deep keeps score,
we raise our voices, we close that door.
We’ll drag the truth from the muddy hands,
file the charges, break their plans.
Let the courts strike hard and clear —
so no child learns to swim in fear.

Bridge (angry, spoken over rising synth)
You thought the price was cheap. You thought the sea would hide your shame.
We remember. We collect. We’ll light the docks with every name.
No safe harbor for the coward’s crime — we’ll strip the gold, we’ll strip the titles.
Judgment loud as thunder — law, not vengeance, set the mileposts.

(solo)

Breakdown (whisper → scream)
Don’t dive.
Don’t dive.
Don’t dive there…
(then scream)
DON’T! — NOT FALL!

Final Chorus (epic, layered vocals)
Oh — not fall, don’t go down there,
hold your children, say a prayer.
Oh — not fall, make the guilty pay,
our oceans heal — we’ll find a way.
Draconian rules to break the greed,
penalize the poison, stop the deed.
For the kids, for the coral, for every tide —
we’ll bring the wreckers out into the light.

Outro (spoken, resolute)
We will not forget. We will not forgive neglect.
Keep the beaches clean, keep your children safe —
and if you hear the whisper under waves, heed the warning:
Don’t dive there.

Don’t Dive There (Oh Not Fall)

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Don’t Dive There (Oh Not Fall)

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