From the recording Shipwreck
Lyrics
Feet in the sand,
I’m still living in the shipwreck
I still think that I would risk it
If I did it all again, oh
Feet in the sand
I’m still living in the shipwreck
I still think that I could fix it
If I only jump back in, oh
I go, I row, roll forth
I am steering on my own
Unfold, full force
I am clearing out the old
I’m not veering off my course
Alas, I lost my light
Stars won’t shine on me tonight
There’s not a soul in sight
I’m lashing out in spite
I’m giving all my might
I’m sipping up, licking up
Dripping of the fight
Well the mariners chart their course
They beat the odds
They go out full force
They meet the gods
I found in me a fraud
And in you a friend
Thinking you had come
To bring me in
And how I longed
To reach your docks
Take my battered sails
Break them off
I found in me a fraud
But couldn’t pretend
That you wanted
Any more than skin
I row, row toward, your voice
I am spinning out my mind
No chance, no choice
No other so divine
And it could all be mine (mine, mine)
Your song, your sound, your poise
They envelope me and drown
All other noise
No one else can see
This is all for me (me, me)
I crash!
I scrape the sea
And as I am sinking
You come out screeching
Far from the land
Extending a hand
So that you could seize me
And sink your teeth in
But the mariners chart their course
They beat the odds
They go out full force
They meet the gods
I found in me a fraud
And in you a friend
Thinking you had come
To bring me in
And how I longed
To reach your docks
Take my battered sails
Break them off
I found in me a fraud
But couldn’t pretend
That you wanted
Any more than skin
I go, I float, alone
I am praying that the current
Takes me home
Wash in with the tide
Swallow up my pride
After me they float
Little scraps and little pieces
Of the boat
All that had gone wrong
Echoing that song
Feet in the sand,
I’m still living in the shipwreck
I still think that I would risk it
If I did it all again, oh
Feet in the sand
I’m still living in the shipwreck
I still think that I could fix it
If I only jump back in, oh