A song written in encouragement and praise for the right to PROTEST PEACEFULLY! With all that is going on in this world - and the particular restrictions on rights to protest here in the UK - I give you this song, based on a Plum Village Dharma talk regarding Climate Activism.
Swimming against the tide, swimming against the tide
It’s not an easy ride when we’re swimming against the tide
Swimming against the stream, swimming against the stream
Turn this nightmare to a dream when we’re swimming against the stream
There’s a whole load of motion in this dangerous direction
We’re headed for a cliff edge: it’s our mad predilection
Please don’t follow where the crowd always goes
‘Cause we need to break away and tell the truth so everybody knows
Swimming against the tide, swimming against the tide
It’s not an easy ride when we’re swimming against the tide
Swimming against the stream, swimming against the stream
Turn this nightmare to a dream when we’re swimming against the stream
Big business lobbies hard to keep us from the facts we’re seeing
Old style growth favours money over our well-being
Earth is crying, species daily go extinct
So, let’s push away from this perilous and deadly brink
Swimming against the tide, swimming against the tide
It’s not an easy ride when we’re swimming against the tide
Swimming against the stream, swimming against the stream
Turn this nightmare to a dream when we’re swimming against the stream
Sit in a street, block a road; have tough conversations and kiss a toad
Give up your cows and raise your voice; risk getting arrested if that is your choice
Write a letter or a thousand emails; call out politicians, the ones who tell us tales
Pray and count blessings, hug whom you love as much as you can
Asking is it enough? Is it enough? Is it enough?
Swimming against the tide, swimming against the tide
It’s not an easy ride when we’re swimming against the tide
Swimming against the stream, swimming against the stream
Turn this nightmare to a dream when we’re swimming against the stream
Swimming against the tide, swimming against the tide
It’s not an easy ride when we’re swimming against the tide
Swimming against the stream, swimming against the stream
Turn this nightmare to a dream when we’re swimming against the stream