Islands

I'll tear this island down and then I'll swim forever,
Until I happen on another shore.
I'll collapse there from exhaustion beneath the waving palms
And think on what it's like to be alone.

Sometimes I'm on my back in the sand
Watching clouds parade above me
This is life in Neverland.
Sometimes I'll sit up to see where water meets the sky
And wonder that my life's not passing by.

From the beach it's only cliffs and waterfalls
Nice to look at, but when you jump they vanish in the wind
It's in my sleep I rage across the landscape, tearing it to shreds
And sink this island far beneath the waves.

Sometimes I'm on my back in the sand
Watching clouds parade above me
This is life in Neverland.
Sometimes I'll sit up to see where water meets the sky
And wonder that my life's not passing by.

Somewhere there's an island where another person lives
I may find it if I swim far enough.
But all I ever find is another empty beach.
I wash ashore and lay there once again.

Solitude pursues me like the water down the cliffs
Separation seeps between my toes
What if I just sank to depths so dark and deep and endless...
But when I wake I'm washed to shore
When I wake I'm washed to shore!

Sometimes I'm on my back in the sand
Watching clouds parade above me
This is life in Neverland.
Sometimes I'll sit up to see where water meets the sky
And wonder that my life's not passing by.