I'm The Ocean

I'm an accident, I was moving way too fast

Couldn't stop though, so I made that moment last

I'm for rolling, I'm for tossing in my sleep

It's not guilt though, it's not the company I keep

People my age, they don't do the things I do

They go somewhere while I steal away to you

I've got my friends, and I've got my children too

I got your love, you got my love too

I can't hear you, but I feel the things you say

I can't see you, but I see what's in my way

Now I'm floating, 'cause I'm not tied to the ground

Words I've spoken seem to leave a hollow sound

On the long plain, see the rider in the night

See the chieftain, see the braves in cool moonlight

Who will love them when they take another life?

Who will hold them when they tremble from the knife?

Voicemail numbers on an old computer screen

Rows of lovers, parked forever in a dream

Screaming sirens echoing across the bay

To the old boats from the cities far away

Homeless heroes walk the streets of their hometowns

Rows of zeros on a field that's turning brown

They play baseball, they play football under lights

They play card games and we watch them every night

Need distraction, need entertainment tonight

Need random violence, need the evidence

Need the evidence, want the testimony of

Expert witnesses on the brutal crimes of love

I was too tired to see the news when I got home

Pulled the curtain, fell into bed alone

Started dreaming, saw the rider once again

In the doorway where she stood and watched for him

I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream

I'm an Aerostar, I'm a Cutlass Supreme

In the wrong lane, trying to turn against the flow

I'm the ocean, I'm the giant undertow

I'm the ocean, I'm the giant undertow