Yesterday's Wake

Set sail
We're leaving the harbor now
Christen the ship
Let the city slip from the starboard bow
Remember when the waves were only waist deep?
When the only thing we knew about pain was scraped knees?
When we would still walk where the shells were in shards,
If it meant that we could find that starfish before dark
But, as the comfort grows
We become the flow
And the ebb and tied that swept our lives into the undertow
And while I'm foolish
For building sandcastles where the waves break
You fought the current
And focused on yesterday's wake
You vacated our oasis on the premise
That our complicated promises were tarnised by the present

And I fear the tempest hasn't left your lips yet
But I love you
That's why I'm staying anchored to this shipwreck
I fear the tempest hasn't even left your lips yet
But I love you
And I'm staying anchored to this shipwreck
So should the water ever rise above our collarbones
I'll be close by, closed eyes, cause you're not alone
I'll never let the waters rise above our collarbones
Open up your eyes, baby doll, cause you're not alone

Sitting on a suitcase, knees to elbows,
Hands to face, like "Damn, it's damp today"
And the transits late again
I make friends with the night sky
calling each star on it's white lies
But, from the sand I sit wondering where the candlelit nights
That use to be life decided to abbandon ship
I won't stand for it, I can't handle it
Been waiting for a little bit of wind since the anchor slipped
I've got five fingers clinging to the driftwood
Looking for the riptide that you travled on
But safe harbors and stagnant ponds
Couldn't make hope float if the passion's gone

And I fear the tempest hasn't left your lips yet
But I love you
That's why I'm staying anchored to this shipwreck
I fear the tempest hasn't even left your lips yet
But I love you
And I'm staying anchored to this shipwreck
So should the water ever rise above our collarbones
I'll be close by, closed eyes, cause you're not alone
I'll never let the waters rise above our collarbones
Open up your eyes, baby doll, cause you're not alone
So should the water ever rise above our collarbones
I'll be close by, closed eyes, cause you're not alone
I'll never let the waters rise above our collarbones
Open up your eyes, baby doll, cause you're not alone
So should the water ever rise above our collarbones
I'll be close by, closed eyes, cause you're not alone
I'll never let the waters rise above our collarbones
Open up your eyes, baby doll, cause you're not alone
So should the water ever rise above our collarbones
I'll be close by, closed eyes, cause you're not alone
I'll never let the waters rise above our collarbones
I'll never let the waters rise above our collarbones
I'll never let the waters rise above our collarbones
I'll never let the waters rise above our collarbones
I'll never let the waters rise above our collarbones
I'll never let the waters rise above our collar bones
(spoken)
I put a seashell to my ear and it all comes back
The yellow sun
The mediterranean blue sky
The children running on the beach that day
I could hear birds marching information down to the sea and back
Down to the sea and back
When my memory wonders
As it does when bad things happen
I put a seashell to my ear and it all comes back