Stay Open

The footsteps through the hollow sound Like the wind that blew through south, cold And I had to look down, fear that something Beneath the whole me, give out any time We all drifted out from these shores Finding photographs and love letters and bottles battered worn Shallow salt water's singing sore You made up your mind Friends, they were shopping next door Spending money on things that they couldn't afford The tide pulls too deep for meager oars Standing still, stare at the changing tide Stay open, stay open To catch my fall What a shame that I would splinter you Or hinder you at all Won't give my love for free, won't give my love for free Oh, but please, take it from me Trying to share my bitter rhyme But outside from your jokes. we'll have to die cold It's a long drive in my thoughts Dance slow behind Like to show me that you dried in the sand Your favorite book with no pages, I'm the shell of a man Fumbling with two sets of keys, but I'm setting 'em down Your words sown onto my skin Like the wind from the north of your hair Asphalt it buried dead plants, choked dying plants Asphalt it buried dead plants, choked dying plants Stay open, stay open To catch my fall What a shame that I would splinter you Or hinder you at all Won't give my love for free, won't give my love for free Oh, but please, take it from me No, my God, think I'm falling to pieces No, my God, this is falling apart No, my God, think I'm turning it over No, my God, this is out of my hands Stay open, stay open (Oh my god, falling to pieces) To catch my fall What a shame that I would splinter you (Oh my god, falling apart) Or hinder you at all Won't give my love for free (Oh my god, turning it over) Won't give my love for free Oh but please, take it from me