Dry Land

Tidal waves bring me to shore on dry land Where heavy hearts evaporate and lighten Like salt they say that I'm too much Or maybe somehow not enough But really I'm both and I can't be told which one to be Who says there's no blood in seas of brittle grass Dry wind that sucks the life from every breath Every tear will leave a trace of salt Each drop of sweat from bitter struggle Joins into the atmosphere and comes down as the rain Life is pain is life What grows green in hardship carries strength and fragrance To shed our skins we drag ourselves across those rough rocks Like salt they say that I'm too much And also somehow not enough But really I'm neither one so don't you point that gun my friend Sand in the ocean is an oyster's pearl Salt sea in the desert is a juniper tree Dry land in the ocean is an island world Salt sea in the desert is a juniper tree Sand in the blue ocean is an oyster's pearl Salt sea in the desert is a juniper tree