Being As An Ocean - Even the Dead Have Their Tasks lyrics

rate me

We pack up our gear and we're gone again

Driven by passion, outward.

Away from family and friends,

But what they can't see?

Is that every day I'm drowning,

Drowning in a sea?

Of faces that I miss so desperately

With each flashing countenance,

A torrent of emotion, joy, and memories.

The people I've grown to love so deeply throughout the years

I've chosen a big family and the weight of their absence

Has brought me more than once two tears.

I wake from sleep violently only to witness those lives and faces

Disappear slowly behind me.

Again, I'm pulled back into deep waters

Washed further away from my sisters and brothers

Am I truly living a dream?

When the only time I spend with you is in my sleep?

How am I to stay the course and to remain bold?

When all those my heart longs for

Remain firmly anchored at home.

Am I truly living a dream

When the only time I spend with you is in my sleep?

With every "it's been awhile" embrace

I wish it could last an eternity!

Silently praying for the courage to say

"Oh, God, how I've missed you!”

I've seen you in my sleep,

We were laughing, crying, joking

You know, the way it used to be!

Back when we younger and all that much more free

I just hope you see that nothing's changed between you and me!

No matter the time we've spent apart

I know it's not always easy to show it

But please believe that I carried you in my heart,

That you were with me through every mile

I could have sworn I saw your phantom standing in the aisle!

It seems you already know what I'm thinking and that even after all this time

Some things still do go without saying.

We savored the taste of our sweet youth

And now, with calloused hands gather the remaining fruit

To go any farther we must endure further pains!

... mashed, and finally strained

Fermenting in the time spent away

Only to return with a fine vintage

Two cheers to the health of those who stayed!