No Cause For Alarm

[Verse 1]
There is no cause for alarm
Though the waves are lapping at your feet
Standing with your dog on a braided [?]
Turning your back to thee

There is no cause for alarm
First the applause and then the calm
'Cause you're riding a broken glass wave back to the shoreline
For the last time

[Chorus]
With an elegant wave of your hand
And those homemade tattoos down your arm
Half in the sun, half in a shadow
There is no cause for alarm

[Verse 2]
I'll leave you my tools and all of my rules and useless weaponry
I'll leave you my maps and all of those wraps my father taught to me
And I'm sure as sure can be that two is more than one
I still don't know if the universe is very old or very young

[Chorus]
With an elegant wave of your hand
And those homemade tattoos down your arm
Half in the sun, half in a shadow
There is no cause for alarm