Iris (feat. Caius Williams)

Oh Iris There was a time When we braided our hair And dreamed of Atlantis Reams of rich coloured thread Hanging from our palms As we plaited Just floating in that magic time Where nothing else mattered Oh The sun shone And we would grow With every heartbeat Playing those future-soul songs Just lying in my garden Painting pictures of freedom In a technicolour daydream Of a world to which we'd run And how we'd dream Of white tents And blue skies And red desert scenes And how we'd flee In our minds to crystalline lagoons And dark rolling seas Oh Iris We always said the world's for roaming We know how futile life is And if there's meaning Wouldn't hesitate To run far to find it Just to feel the sun Upon our backs On a path ever-winding But how things change I put my roots down In this ghost town I had other dreams to chase Now I wonder where the time's gone As I sit here Cleaning drains While you're off In distant landscapes Catching perfect rolling waves Oh Iris Can't you see? How badly I want to join you Step out of this great machine But I'm stuck between dreams A slave to ambition You know it Keeps me from feeling free Sometimes I like to drift Just rolling with the tide you know Just living to live But I'm so caught up in this I've sold my soul To passion now There's nothing I can do Iris Maybe I could run away Some place near the sea I'm young, I could start again Could get lost in shades of blue and green Maybe I would find A home Cloaked in lilac leaves Spend my days in the sun And find someone who loves me It could be so easy I could be so happy But would it fulfill me? No no I don't think so Iris Iris