Sea Legs

(album: Wincing The Night Away - 2007)

Of all the churning random hearts
Under the sun
Eventually fading into night,
These two are opening now
As we lie, I touch you
Under fuller light.

Girl, if you're a seascape
I'm a listing boat
For the thing carries every hope.
I invest in a single light.
The choice is yours to be loved
Come away from an emptier boat.

'Cause when the dead moon
Rises again
We've no time to start a protocol
To hem us in.
And when the dog slides
Underneath a train,
There's no time or use to searching for
The mutt's remains.

Throw all consequence aside
The cheerless pyre we will set alight.

Of all the intersecting lines in the sand
I routed a labyrinth to your lap.
I never used a map sliding off the land
On an incidental tide,
And along the way you know, they try
They try.

We got sea legs
And we're off tonight
Can I've that to which they've no right?
You belong to a simpler time
I'm a victim to the impact of these words,
And this rhyme.

'Cause when that dead moon
Rises again
We've no time to start a protocol
To hem us in.
Darling, when the dog slides,
Open the door, and where'd she go?
There's no time or use to searching for
The mutt's remains.

Throw consequence aside
And the cheerless pyre we will set alight.