Carey

Nobody could live

In a place like this

Not even you

Not me, not for long

Although I like the sound of the ocean

And I like walking up the shore with you

If it didn’t get so cold at night

I would put up a little hammock

And I’d find a place where you

Could set your cane

I’d build a fire

And we’d tell each other stories

Until we ran out of stories to tell

And then we’d be happy

Because we wouldn’t feel any pressure

To say anything to each other

We could just be in love

And let love be enough

That would all be lovely

If this was any kind of place

To have a life

But it’s a cave on a beach

In a country

Where I don’t speak the language

And I can’t…

I can’t make a living

Doing what I love

I’d really like to make a living

Not for the money of it

But for the feeling of it

Knowing I can reach people
Knowing I can contribute something

To the greater human story

You make me feel like

Dying having only talked

To one other person

Only--

Only ever having known

One other person

Would be…

Would be worthwhile

But I know that’s not true

And so do you

Two people can’t just be

Two people

There’s got to be

More to it than that

As much as I would love

To live like it was millions of years ago

With nothing but dinosaurs

And jagged rocks

And the ocean

It’s not that

You can’t hide from the world

In a cave

Because even the cave is the world

It would come in

A little bit at a time

Just like how the water

Rolls up to the mouth of it

You know it’s not going to drown you

But it’s not going to go away either

I came here to escape

And I forgot that

I forgot that you can’t escape

And then make the escape

A way of life

You can only drive the getaway car

Until you’ve gotten away

And then you’re supposed to, I don’t know

Set it on fire or something

That’s why we’ve having this talk

Because it’s time to set it all

On fire

That sounds so dramatic

But it’s just me

Feeling that feeling

Of back home

Of the music coming back

Through windows

And out onto streets
And it gets so loud

You close your eyes

Just so you can hear it better

And it…

It doesn’t make any sense

But it feels good

All the same

I really…

I really wanted to replace

That cane of yours

I wanted you to feel like…

Like for the rest of your life

You could go

Any way you wanted to go

And it would be all right for you

Because I’d be there standing

Standing and ready

But the water’s getting too close

I fall asleep

Your arms and fingers

Around my arms and fingers

Like we’re so many hands

We could reach

Whatever we wanted to

But then I see that line

That line of ocean

Poking its head in

It’s never going to drown us

But it’s not going anywhere, is it?

Is it?