Brighton Stones

Kneeling on my skin and bones I'm seeing in the night On the Brighton stones I beg the sky for my life I call up from the shore Until there is no more No more that I can give All there is is all there is At dusk I watch the starlings Play charades against the sky First they are an eel Then they are a kite And then they are a wave And then they are a whale Yeah next they are a typhoon And then they are a sail And they turn into the tide And they sail out of sight And leave behind the Brighton stones Where I beg the sky for my life 'Cause when you're out there living you don't Know just how much you want to live It's only When your body's giving in Do you know how much more you have to give But all there is is all there is I close my eyes and make a wish But I don't suppose I can dream up Anything as colourful as this All that is is vivid More vivid than a dream And while it is just what it is It isn't always what it seems So ride it like a wave You gotta ride it like a whale Sometimes it is a typhoon Sometimes it is a sail Sometimes it is a love heart Sometimes it is a tear Sometimes it is a puff of smoke And then it disappears So close your eyes and make a wish but don't look away too long 'cause all there is is all there is In a moment then it's gone And I'd say nothing is forever But maybe nothing really is Maybe nothing is forever Quite like nothing is But if anything's for certain It's that nothing ever is And since everythings in motion And all there is is all there is Maybe next I'll be a wave Maybe next I'll be a whale Yeah next I'll be a typhoon And then I'll be a sail Maybe then I'll be a starling Shape shifting in the sky High above the Brighton stones Where I begged the sky for my life