here, where waves wipe over you

you make strange shapes with your hands

I saw your ambition bleeding to Asia through the sand

oh, like those messengers before you

you've waited too long to claim your tongue

so before you drop into your skin and drown

will you remember how your father claimed his son?



though the tides wash you dry

stay by me to the end, down the undertow

though the darkness hides your horizon lines

believe the answers you already know



your eyes speak of changes

our words don't describe

and in your arms I feel a certain

wanting, lacking



though the tides wash you dry

stay by me to the end, down the undertow

though the darkness hides your horizon lines

believe the answers you already know