YOUR VOICE TOOK ME TO THE SHORE
IT WAS NICE THERE BUT SOMEHOW INSECURE
AN ICY RAIN WAS FALLING DOWN
AND EVERY DROP LIKE A NEEDLE IN MY SKIN
THE BEACH WAS BLANK AND I
WAS WAITING FOR THE GHOST
THAT WAS HAUNTING ME FROM ANCIENT TIMES
YOUR FACE WAS REFLECTED BY THE SEA
(SEE THE SEA CAN TAKE US ALL
AS FAR AWAY AS ALL THE WAVES CAN GO)
WAS IT A TEAR OR SOME SAND LOST IN MY EYE
(EYE IN EYE SO ME WITH YOU
AS FAR AWAY AS ALL OUR POISONED DREAMS)
THE BIG BLACK NIGHT WAS TAKING ME
IN IT’S ENDLESS DARKNESS LIKE A GRAIN OF SAND
THE SEA WAS BLACK AND I
WAS SWIMMING IN YOUR EYE
HOW LONG WILL I KEEP MY HEAD AND SOUL
A SHARK GROWS IN MY HEART
A SHARK SWIMS IN YOUR EYE
credits
from The Inside Laws,
track released March 1, 2009
Words by Gregory Peltier
Music by Olivier Stula and Gregory Peltier
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