Seastone and Shadow

I stand on a platform out here in the sea

and all around the dance goes without me

but I dance on the rock

to my own special tune

and I dance without malice or room

Please, won’t you come dance with me?

out here on this rocky platform in the sea?

Please, won’t you come dance with me?

for standing out here is so very lonely.

I stand in the darkness out here in the light

and ev-er-ry day I wish it were night

but I cry in the darkness

without any cares

and no worries of others blank stares

Please, won’t you come stand with me?

out here in the darkness where no-one can see?

I don’t know how to let you in

maybe it’s best if we never begin

please, won’t you come dance with me?

out here on this rocky platform in the sea.

Please, won’t you come cry with me

for peace of mind rests in the dark of the sea.

Every day, the dance washes away

my footsteps

the proof I was here

and the waves roll along

and the dance it goes on

and the ocean get’s ever so near

say, won’t you come stand with me?

out here in the darkness where no-one can see?

come, won’t you wave at the waves?

and see how many people

the dance this day saves

there’s one thing I promise

without any glee

the dance?

it will never save me

it’s not much of a change

it’s naught I couldn’t arrange

but it’s meaningless here on this rock in the sea

while the dance and the waves

roll on beside me