Only An Ocean

from Before There Were Pictures by Pale Lights

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lyrics

It’s only an ocean it can’t stop me
It’s only a moment that holds me back
I can see you on the shoreline
I can see you waving back

I am drifting on the water
I am waiting, what will I catch?
Going nowhere round in circles
Bobbing slowly, I can’t get back

All my dreams are driftwood
Abandoned on the shore
I wish you’d come and save me
If only I’d known you then

The sun is shining on the water
The sun it dazzles and I’m blind
Let me know when I can call you
I am waiting for the tide

You know, what happens next
Leaving an empty wreck
Falling for someone
That never knew your name
Falling for someone
Who lives alone like you do
That never cared like I do

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from Before There Were Pictures, released May 25, 2014

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Pale Lights are from New York. They are Phil Sutton, Lisa Goldstein, Andy Adler, Suzanne Nienaber. and Maria Pace.

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