On Your Shore

Charlotte Martin

I dig my heels into the dirt

'Cause this one's gonna hurt

Won't let the waves wash me away

Is what I always pray

In my heart I know you couldn't see

In the dark or find your way through me

Now I'm alone my hands are numb

How do I carry on?

And at the turn of the tide

I feel this part of me die

Am I washed on your shore and barely alive?

Now I'm held hostage in my head

With every word you said

Got all those lessons in my past

I spit them out so fast, I

See myself

With you I act so small

See myself

With you I always crawl

So someone leave a raft for me

The water's getting deep

And at the turn of the tide

I feel this part of me die

Am I washed on your shore and barely alive?

Here I am (in my insecurity)

Here I am (with my damaged dignity)

Here I am (you're pulling me in too deep)

Here I am

Here I am (I'm in the mercy seat)

Here I am (running without my feet)

Here I am (oh, what's come over me)

Here I am

When I was melting in your hand

You didn't understand

You slip through me like grains of sand

You still don't understand

Overboard I'm thrown out to see what you are and what I mean to me

But I will always have my dream where you can swim to me

At the turn of the tide

I feel this part of me die

And I've been on your shore before

And it was no waste of time

Over my head and in my mind

Am I washed on your shore and barely alive?

Am I washed on your shore and barely alive?