Through the Waves

Walking down along the storefronts on the water Reaching out for someone who chose to walk with me She was nowhere in the physical, and nowhere to be found So I shift my weight, protect my morning drink When a little girl comes running by the counter Making eyes with all the mason jars in play Speaking up she promptly asks of me, how can you tell the difference now With all the colors, and the wrappings, the sweet things I don't know how you can choose between the sweet things I don't know how you swim away from distant hate I don't know if you will ever learn to love someone But I know that you can find it through the waves Through the crashing waves Standing just beyond the iron at a gallery Staring straight into a convoluted scene No one laughing through the artifacts, not a single smile there So I turn around, and head out for some air When an older man looks towards a broken figure Even though the grief he holds cannot compare And with a gentle hand he turns to me, now do you think they ever healed With all the tired hands, the twisted backs, the deep pain I don't know if I'm the one you should be asking I don't know if they felt for much beyond their pain I don't know all the ways that you can lose someone But I know that you can find it through the waves Through the crashing waves Before the day is done I find a local bar with contemporaries I'm not looking for a spark But when a lonely figure leads conversation Hears and feels my every word (lonely figure) Takes them as her own Sharing most people think that she's fine Well let's hear the truth I wanna know about you I don't know how you can claim they really knew you I don't know how you navigate the road on high I don't know how you can stop the dream for someone But I know that you can find it through the waves I don't know why they would feign some explanation I don't know why they would kick you down when you feel so small I don't know why they would choose to hide and lose the one But I know that you can't find it through the waves Through the waves Through the waves Through the waves Through the waves Through the waves Through the waves Through the waves Through the waves Through the waves Through the waves