[ Featuring Song Telephone ]
Walking down a thousand steps
To sit on a desert beach
Prepared to fight my demons
A lovely day for a siege
I thrust with brave intention
They duck and swerve and hide
And though they make me feel euphoric They're rotting me away inside
Oh wave upon wave over me
Oh salt and spray on my face
Oh sunlight reflection on a crystal sea Adrift in time and space
And wrestling with the undertow
The dark that calls within
If I should stay or go
And learning how to swim
The sweet warmth around me
I surrender and give in
I feast my eyes and glut my soul
And wallow in the sin
Still the rebellion grows
I know temptation's wrong
I hint at struggle and atone
By writing evils into my song
Oh wave upon wave over me
Oh salt and spray on my face
Oh sunlight reflection on a crystal sea
Adrift in time and space
And wrestling with the undertow
The dark that calls within
If I should stay or go
And learning how to swim
Neither wicked nor innocent
I am simply what I be
Like the ocean , shifting
Nobody knows the real me
Never stops flowing
The memories haunting me
Not sure where I'm going
Drifting along out to sea
I walk down the freezing shore
And gaze out upon the sea
Maybe one day I'll get my wish
Cleansing waves sweep over me
Pulled along by undertow
I hear a blissful hymn
Then my eyes meet blinding sun
I have finally learned how to swim
Oh wave upon wave over me
Oh salt and spray on my face
Oh sunlight reflection on a crystal sea
Adrift in time and space
And wrestling with the undertow
The dark that calls within
If I should stay or go
And learning how to swim
