[Verse 1]
In the deep where daylight gives,
Gold moves once, where the cold reef lives.
Canary Rockfish, marker bright,
In altered water, you lose your light.

[Chorus]
Canary Rockfish, under altered tide,
Your gold recedes where the young life hides.
Song of warning in water gone wrong,
They priced the reef and moved along.

[Verse 2]
Once you moved through water clear,
Now the readings gather here.
Golden scales read too low,
Your body tells what charts don’t know.

[Verse 3]
Currents shear, the pressure grows,
Canary Rockfish, the survey knows.
No clean return, the channel’s wrong,
In altered seas, you held too long.

[Chorus]
Canary Rockfish, the signal slips,
Your warning fails on official lips.
In the depths, your color caves,
A warning missed in curated waves.

[Bridge]
In the surge, the readings rise,
Canary Rockfish, no more disguise.
Fighting current, losing place,
A final pulse beneath the sound.

[Outro]
Now below, the reef holds fast,
Canary Rockfish, seen at last.
In the deep, your signal stays,
A living warning pulled away.