Your Glow

You lost your feeling for the waves Before we ran aground And you lost thirteen men to the waves We watched them all go down Find you babbling in the sand there Trying to find the thread Spend an hour or so beside you Cradling your head It's time for you to go But you never lost your glow You lost a lot of sleep Before the fever broke And you found a kingdom by the fire Rising in the smoke Leave you here, or let the ocean Claim you for its own? Keep you here, or tithe you to the tides To die here all alone? Breathing through your visions, soft and slow You never lost your glow Your light, your signal Fifteen did respond Just me left now, and you, about To learn what lies beyond When we wake up from the big dreams Of empires in the surf If there's nothing left but water Then let water be enough Thirteen gone, one vanished You well on your way Adrift for half your life Headed home today "Be still and know" You never lost your glow