Lover, keep our bed warm
Princess, when this wave crests
I break at the seams
In all my dreams I’ve never had to choose
Cos I can’t live without both of you

I finally built my schoolhouse with a view of the sea
The kids throw rocks over the edge
and that’s the mark I’m gonna leave
I would find my old lover in the waves
leave this legacy to fate
when the storm stirs up the whitecaps
I still hear her calling
I still feel her lips when I kiss yours

I’ve seen a hundred hungry faces
I’ve lifted up both of my hands
in her majesty’s good graces
I will pour out the sands
and let my balloon fly away
high above the cliffs where my princess waits
I’ll shine my brightest in moments
forget where I’m going
and watch as my mark slips away

There must be a way
some common ground
you lift her up, you hold her down

There must be more than just these rocks, this pull,
these ties I’ve broken
I’ve so messed this up
I found a siren and spent a decade wrecking ships
We could have sailed and found a harbor
but the words caught on my lips
Believe me: good intentions are comfort colder
than this wind that blows me over and over