Driftwood (lyrics)

I put all my human feelings

about other human beings

on a boat the sailed around the world and sank into the sea

and I found myself believing

in nothing else but breathing

as the tide she carried back to shore the pieces of me

 

And I can't forget the screaming

as the boat fell into dreaming

and as the bow she broke in two revealing her insides

and the sharks devoured meaning

from the pieces that were gleaming

in the sunlight as it enveloped the ending of the day

 

and every one clung to the driftwood as she broke

and every one was lost into the sea

and every one clung to the pieces that would float

and every one was lost from me

 

Well, in the moonlight it was seeming

that all the waves were beating

against the hull against the mast the sails waved one last time

and the boat she finished sinking

as the morning light was blinking

and they found upon an empty shore the bleached and broken bones

 

and every one clung to the driftwood as she broke

and every one was lost into the sea

and every one clung to the pieces that would float

and every one was lost to me

 

And I can't feel anymore

and I won't feel any more

I lost myself along the way

I lost my love to the sea

and I plead

that she keep far away from me

 

And I can't describe the healing

that I gained while losing feeling

and I built myself some meaning

as the message was repeating

couldn't believe what they were seeing

well, they were drowning while they were sleeping

and I am free to wander now wherever I may roam

 

And everyone clings to the driftwood, and I'm broke

and everyone is lost into the sea

and everyone clings to the pieces that will float

and everyone is lost to me

and every one clung to the driftwood as she broke

and every one was lost into the sea

and every one clung to the pieces that would float

and everyone will leave me.