Ramen on the Waves

No stars above
No shore below
Just steam, rising

We woke on something soft and warm
Not sand, not rock, not ocean floor
Strands like ropes beneath our hands
Pulling slow like breathing strands
Hills of chashu, brown and wide
Dripping fat like a living tide
He said, don't move, then laughed it off
Then something under him, pulled him soft

No splash. No sound
Just gone below, without a trace

Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves

Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves

One by one, one by one
Dragged below, and then they're gone

Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves

The ancient devours

We tried to walk, but it gave way
Each step sinking, slow decay
Steam rolled thick across the ground
Whispers moving through the sound
Jin turned back, said he heard his name
From somewhere low inside the plain
He leaned down close, I grabbed his sleeve
But something pulled, and wouldn't release

He screamed once, then silence came
Like the world forgot his name

Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves

Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves

One by one, one by one
Dragged below, and then they're gone

Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves

The ancient devours

Only two of us still left
Walking circles, counting steps
The hills began to shift and fold
Like something waking, vast and old
He said, it's just the heat and light
Then sank halfway before my eyes
I reached again, I always do
But something stronger pulled him through

No more voices. No more sound
Just the surface, moving around

Sink
Below
Sink
Below

It feeds
It grows
It knows
It knows

Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves

Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves

One by one, one by one,
Dragged below and then they're gone

Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves
Ramen on the waves

The ancient devours

I can feel it
in my feet
in my hands

A tail I tell
Before it reaches land