The Patience of the Sea

The Sky above me goes for miles and miles

I blink and look up to the blue

Beneath these wheels another open road

And words I’m trying to forget

All these faces looking down at me

And those who will never see that smile again

 

Will you come and take me home

Will you heal these aching bones

Will you take me far away from here

Will you come and take me

 

A year is but a day to them

As they look down on us

At our bedsides as we sleep

They sit with the patience of the sea

And as I dream she holds me in her arms

She cools the burning in my heart

 

Will you come and take me home

Will you heal these broken bones

Will you take me far away from here

Will you come and take me

 

She’s walking through the cornfields in my dreams

And as she walks the air grows cold

I’m looking deep into those burning eyes

She traps the moonlight

She traps the moonlight in her eyes

 

As her shadow moves across the wall

I know there’s nothing really there

Watch me ride over the waterfall

I’m tired of swinging by this thread

Hidden far beneath the ocean

The bells I hear them calling me

 

Will you come and take me home

Will you heal these broken bones

Will you take me far away from here

Will you come and take me

 

Every minute, every hour

Every minute is like an hour

Every minute, every hour

Every minute, is like an hour

 

Words by Mark from “Cactus Farming At The Ends Of The Earth” first published by Miracle Grow 2001.