Beaches

22 and terrified Your hair was long, your eyes were wild Your heart was heavy Some good intentions, some mistakes A dead end seemed like a lucky break For you, it was as good a time as any Spending every waking day together but alone Stretching out our sentences as far as they would go You dreamed of being nothing more Than a moveless cloud beyond the shore Watching over beaches below you You would hide behind your eyes I should have held you to the light To see inside and really truly know you We had a life beyond this door but you lifted the latch You doused it all in kerosene and then you struck a match You put your shadow in some bright Nowhere of fields and sunlight You needed to be anywhere but here You were headed god knows where, but god knows you didn't care You wanted to disappear You prefer a flicker to a steady source of light You prefer a flicker to a steady source of light I said there's no queue but there's a wait You were going nowhere and running late You come like a flame and you go just like water Waiting for you to get homesick Woke up with a prayer on my lips Calling you over and over and over and over and over They found you by the oceanside, said that it was suicide You know I'm sure those beaches were dreaming of you too You know I'm sure those beaches were dreaming of you too You know I'm sure those beaches are dreaming of you too You know I'm sure those beaches are dreaming of you too