Star Power

Tell me your secrets
Tell me your troubles too
Tell me your hope was lost
But I can't find it...

I used to think that hope hid in tangible places
And dreams built in our head exist as sandcastles lost in outer space
Away from alcohol and loneliness

You say you're on a roundabout
I can't afford to be without you
You say it's not so obvious
I'll keep my eyes around you shut

You say you're on a roundabout
I can't afford to be without
You say it's not so obvious
I'll keep my eyes wide open
I'll keep my eyes wide open shut

I used to think that hope hid in tangible places
And dreams built in our head exist as sandcastles lost in outer space
And maybe someday I'd build a rocket ship and find one in a crater on the moon

Or some little alien boy would go to the beach
And bodysurf the cosmic radiation
Crash upon the shore and my illuminated castle
And let my mind go free

Every drop of sand freed
Is a tiny quiet victory at the end of your daydream
Or in some boardwalk brawl
That you had with a stranger
At the end of your life
When you feel nothing at all

You saved the world

I used to think that hope hid in tangible places
And dreams built in our head exist as sandcastles lost
But what I've learned from chemistry, physics, and biology
In archetypal lecture halls filled with children who do not agree
Leads me to believe
We are alone inside our heads