Let the Waves Break

She was standing on the stairs
When the tears started falling
She was screaming his name
But he couldn't hear her calling
In three short years
She had grown so much older
Now all he could see
Was the shaking of her shoulders

He could have held out his arms
And saved her there
But something changed
Something scared
So he just let her slip down
Into the lake
As the waves break
Around her face, around her face

There's a picture in his frame
Taken some years ago
He draws in the lines
He never knew how they would show
Those lines say it all
Of the pain and the loss
The starting lines, the finishing lines
And the battle lines crossed

Now that girl in the frame
Is in need of escape
Surrounded by gilt
Cardboard and paste
Dreaming of Mary and the Mexican days
She lets the waves break.
Around her face, around her face
She lets the waves break
Break around her face

These days he's away
More than he's at home
He hates his hair, his hands, his face
And his eyes when they roam
But he is all that is left
Of the man she adored
When the camera's rolled
And that moment was captured for evermore

Now something's gone
Something's changed
They will never feel that way again
She can just see his outline
Through a watery haze
As the waves break
Around her face, around her face
She lets the waves break
Break around her face