Mission City

When I land on the shoulder where the waves meet the ocean
Will the tide start to rise from the tears in your eyes
Don't write me a letter, for I carry no postage
Won't make you feel better for saying goodbye

Sent away, far away, I inhabit this island
You needed a break and put me on a train
Made a trade, made a trade, so I left for the Sirens
They sang me to sleep as I drifted away

Call down from the hills hear 'em sing
These cliffs are my headstone, this water my grave
A beautiful woman with love on her wings
And I'll never see Mission City again
No I'll never see Mission City
Again

It feels like I'm dying, so why's that alright to me
My mother she's crying, there's holes in my arms
The hospital silence brings out what's left of me
Nothing left here to see now that I'm done

But I'll wait, I will wait, it's bound to get better
The spell that I'm under, I'll keep it at bay
I will run through the rain and call down the thunder
If death is forever, forever can wait

Call down from the hills hear 'em sing
These cliffs are my headstone, this water my grave
A beautiful woman with love on her wings
And I'll never see Mission City again