Man Made Lake

(album: Detour De Force - 2021)

I can open up this engine in any direction
I can never get away from shore
You can never lose sight of me even if I might be
Taking on water on a man made lake

I used to lie in bed and still feel the motion
Only a stone's throw away
When I was a kid
I thought it was the ocean
Now I'm taking on water on a man made lake

All of the trees beside it, every rock inside it
Somebody's dad decided where it all should go
When I was a kid
I thought it was the ocean
Now I'm taking on water on a man made lake

I am just a boy I know, frozen in a picture
What was that smile I made?
I was on a need-to-know basis and I didn't need to know that
I didn't even know it was a man made lake

I remember you so clearly, driving home from a party
People never said shit those days
I'm laying in the backseat staring at the headlights glaring
Moving the opposite way

I feel completely safe

All of the trees beside it, every rock inside it
Somebody's dad decided where it all should go
When I was a kid I thought it was the ocean
Now I'm taking on water on a man made lake

I'm taking on water on a man made lake
I'm taking on water
I'm taking on water
When I was a kid I thought it was the ocean
Now I'm taking on water on a man made lake