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Back in the storm of the life I had, shredded sails, bad contraband, bits of songs that were all, so sad.
No sign of the shore, only my distress call, long and so forlorn, long, and so forlorn.
You walked the shore, staring out to sea, lit the fires, waited for me.
Gathered words for our poetry, still I sailed on, miles and miles from home
Lost, but not alone.
Lost but not alone?
The sea was cruel, and the sky spat hatred
Waves threw punches at delicate faces
Still, you waited patiently, staring out to sea
Waiting there, for me.

Nobody laughed as you danced their streets, the shantytown of crippled dreams.
They bared their teeth, sharpened their screams, sung their sirens song
You warned me and I sailed on.
On and on and on.
Heaven is empty the pearly gates chained, children trembled, all so afraid
You stayed true to all you’d said staring out to sea
Waiting there for me.

And then one day the sun returned, I staggered ashore, frozen, and burnt.
Only to find that all I’d searched, was waiting there for must like you’d said you’d be
Just like you’d always been.
The sea was cruel, and the sky spat hatred
Waves threw punches at delicate faces
Still, you waited patiently, staring out to sea
Waiting there, for me.
Heaven is empty the pearly gates chained, Children trembled, all so afraid
You stayed true to all you’d said.
Staring out to sea.
Waiting there for me

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from Welcome to Wilderness Hill. (Album 2024), released January 1, 2024

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