Movements I

Our bodies sway under gallows
Drunk ships and lanterns sinking.
Our hearts used to beat for forever.
With the pressing of our lips we save face.
With dull quills we carve paths
rivers of ink leading us away.
Like lovers we embrace
the tide is begging us to stay.

If this is how it ends
let me drown in the endless sea.
If this is how I die
tell my son he never knew me.

When we dance, we danced alone
Our bodies strain, we took to song
The flag ships falling, it won't be long
When you take to sea, sing this song

Following the rhymes of broken lines
of love, loss, and things I'm thinking.
I've been writing letters to myself.
Dear god, horizons shrinking.
Encrypted manuscripts of love
we should have shared.
One day you took to sea
and the letters you wrote
They never reached me.

When we dance, we danced alone
Our bodies sway under the sinking sun.
The flagships falling, it won't be long.
When you take to sea I hope you here me song.
When we danced like lovers, we danced alone
Singing to the stars a sea of endless drones.

We're all alone, We are all alone

Let me drown in the endless sea
Tell my son, Tell my son
He never knew me.