The Long Water

It's been a long time
And time changed everything
Apart from the blue tattoo along your skin
And your salt tears

It's been a slow year
The un-fruitless Rorschach test that I took for you
All that I could make out were your Polynesian shoes
And your soft tears

Hey man, where's the money gone
I was in the drink, I was swimming on
Startled by the song the seabird sung
And all the years line up, giddy, they wait
They descend the stairs of the cabaret by late
And as they skip off make plans on which to renege

It's been a long time
For you blue I cut my foot forcing the shoe
And the red flame vase I blew for you
And your hot tears

Hey man, where did the fun go
I was in the drink, I was diving low
Aiming for the bottom of everything
And all the pretty years line up, to say
"It was a nice interior onto which the wrong light played
Marks deducted for the unclean stage"

It's been a long time
And time changed everything

Hey man where's the money gone
I was in the drink I was swimming on
Frightened by the song the bitter gull sung
And all the birds line up to say
"It was a bad idea that the romantico guitar played"
But it echoes deep in the cavity