The Ocean Ringtones

There's a faint longing for something that's long lost and gone That you remember from another life Another life, another time Something quaint, something neat, must have been quite a treat A shared conspiracy Something not around, no more Nothing lives, nothing breathes in this mire of disease The deniers fled into the night Don't know what is wrong or right Something to be relived in psychedelic fever dreams And cherished memories Riddled by nostalgia, did you see? Did you see, did you see this closing in? Did you prepare yourself for the Unfathomable, for the day For the day when this train went completely off the rails And everything went up in flames And nothing here would ever be the same We've gotten used to the cues Waiting for the next batch of bad news Another bolt out of the blue We're waiting for the next batch of bad news We've gotten used to the simple fact All we hold dear is hanging by a thread And every haven that we fabricate Can only be an intermittent space We've gotten used to the simple fact All we hold dear is hanging by a thread And every haven that we fabricate Can only be an intermittent space We've gotten used to the simple fact All we hold dear is hanging by a thread And every haven that we fabricate Can only be an intermittent space We've gotten used to the cues Waiting for the next batch of bad news Another bolt out of the blue We're waiting for the next batch of bad news It's clear that you do have a strong tendency To fall for conspiracy theories Have you ever noticed the myths you believe They grow on the soil of your own inner fears? Brace yourself for the worst (Brace yourself for the worst) Now you're done You've built your castle All alone To live in it Now you're done You've built your castle All alone To rot in it

Am I alone in this? Never a night where I could sleep myself 'til day. We must try (to) figure it out, figure it out. It won't be that easy; we lost it somehow. You come over unannounced, Silence broken by your voice in the dark. I need you here tonight just like the ocean needs the waves. Oh, the night becomes the space that's somewhere in between What I feel and what I'm told. Sitting on the shoreline trying to figure it out, figure it out, To find out the meaning and reach it somehow. You come over unannoucned, Silence broken by your voice in the dark. I need you here tonight just like the ocean needs the waves. Fall around me now Like stars that shine and brighten the way. I need you here tonight just like it's night; it needs the rain. The seasons have changed, The wind, it blows colder now, colder now. The clouds are raised, The rain, it falls harder now, all around. You come over unannounced, (will you come over now?) Silence broken by your voice in the dark. I need you here tonight just like the ocean needs the waves. (I need you here tonight, the sky, it rains) Fall around me now (so fall around me now) Like stars that shine and brighten the way. I need you here tonight just like it's night; it needs the rain. (I need you here tonight, the sky, it rains) You come over unannounced, (will you come over now?) Silence broken by your voice in the dark. I need you here tonight just like the ocean needs the waves. (I need you here tonight, the sky, it rains) Just like the stars that fall around me now. (Oh,...)

If I could have chosen where God would hide his heaven I'd wish for it to be in the salt and swell of the ocean Carried by the currents to all continents' shores Reaching into depths where the sun's light has never shone Mixed with algae and coral, breathed in by sharks and dolphins Sailed by tanker ships, private yachts, swam in by tourists Working its way up through inlets, lakes, and rivers Swamps and estuaries, down through limestone into the aquifer Purified by the county, pumped through pipes and out faucets Filled into a glass to meet the thirst of our children And if I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman My mother once told me she would have named me Laura I'd grow up to be strong and beautiful like her One day I'd find an honest man to make my husband We would have two children, build our home on the Gulf of Mexico Our family would spend hot summer days at the beach together The sun would kiss our skin as we played in the sand and water And we would know we loved each other without having to say it At night we would sleep with the windows of our house left open Letting the cool ocean air soothe the sunburned shoulders of our children There is an ocean in my soul Where the waters do not curve There is an ocean in my soul Where the waters do not curve There is an ocean (there is an ocean) In my soul (in my soul) Where the waters do not curve There is an ocean (there is an ocean) In my soul (in my soul) Where the waters do not curve