WITNESS - Yesterday's Wake lyrics

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Set sail<br />

We're leaving the harbor now<br />

Christen the ship<br />

Let the city slip from the starboard bow<br />

Remember when the waves were only waist deep?<br />

When the only thing we knew about pain was scraped knees?<br />

When we would still walk where the shells were in shards, <br />

If it meant that we could find that starfish before dark<br />

But, as the comfort grows<br />

We become the flow<br />

And the ebb and tide that swept our lives into the undertow<br />

And while I'm foolish<br />

For building sandcastles where the waves break<br />

You fought the current<br />

And focused on yesterday's wake<br />

You vacated our oasis on the premise<br />

That our complicated promises were tarnished by the present<br />

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And I fear the tempest hasn't left your lips yet<br />

But I love you<br />

That's why I'm staying anchored to this shipwreck<br />

So should the water ever rise above our collarbones<br />

I'll be close by, closed eyes, cause I'm not alone<br />

I'll never let the waters rise above our collarbones<br />

Open up your eyes, baby doll, cause you're not alone<br />

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Sitting on a suitcase, knees to elbows, <br />

Hands to face, like "Damn, it's damp today"<br />

And the transits late again<br />

I make friends with the night sky<br />

Calling each star on it's white lies<br />

But, from the sand I sit wondering where the candlelit nights<br />

That used to be life decided to abandon ship<br />

I won't stand for it, I can't handle it<br />

Been waiting for a little bit of wind since the anchor slipped<br />

I've got five fingers clinging to the driftwood<br />

Looking for riptide that you travel on<br />

But safe harbors and stagnant ponds<br />

Couldn't make hope float if the passion's gone</