Taking On Water
On a sailboat
I am slowly
Floating nowhere
Lost the memories
Of where I am and why
Black ocean churning
A million stars
Are burning
Planetariums were right
About the sky
Oh, once upon a day
I set off on a journey
Wishing on the wind
To take me far from home
Now I'm on the waves
And I'm taking on water
Hard to see
I won't always be alone
There was a time
When August sun was high
And centred on me
But it did behind my back
And settled down
Used to square up
With the land
Used to size it
In my hand
But it fell
Behind the line
That meets the sky
Once upon a day
I set off on a journey
Wishing on the wind
To take me far from home
Now I'm on the waves
And I'm taking on water
Hard to see
I won't always be alone
Inside this storm
Whipping in the wind
My sail is torn
In other words
The ends
Are never not my own
Hard to see
I won't always be alone
On a sail boat I am
Slowly floating nowhere
Hoping some day
I'll wash up on
Someone else's shore