Standing at the shore

Ankles deep

Never wanted anything more than your company

I don't want to dunk my head

Because I'm colder when I get out

I can't go up to my knees

I won't make you think there's a chance when I have all this doubt

Maybe I can't be what you want, what you need

I can't promise forever when I'm so in love with my liberty

Pick up a pile of dry sand

Play with it in your hand

Squeeze it so tight it slips right through

I couldn't love you the way you wanted me to

Slipping through your fingers as you run it through the water

Drift to a body where I will belong

Where forever doesn't seem so long

I can be whatever I want, and not whatever you demand

I've been so happy all on my own

Without being anchored down by a man

I'm running down the river

And at my own pace

I don't need to run as fast as I can

There will come a time and a place

I know I'll meet the ocean someday