Attenborough Beach

I remember the train to the shoreline was fifteen dollars each
You used to point at the birds and do your Edinburgh speech
And it would seem like the clouds above us were barely out of reach
That's how we named it Edinburgh Beach

I remember those worn out Laika shoes that you always wore
They made you look like a skater kid
Even though you'd never been on a board
Stacking piles of t-shirts from all those bands that we adored
Suppose you're not wearing any of those anymore

I'm afraid of the ocean
To have the waves come crashing down on me
Still I find myself longing for
The way things used to be
At Edinburgh Beach

Satellites and shining stars on a dirty MacBook screen
Could be laying there for hours going
Through our "Trash Talk Friend" routine
Thirty-something episodes with some laughter in between
I haven't seen that show since we were seventeen

I'm afraid of the ocean
To have the waves come crashing down on me
Still I find myself longing for
The way things used to be
At Edinburgh Beach
At Edinburgh Beach
At Edinburgh Beach

I used to believe that everything happens for a reason
But I don't know anymore, know anymore
Everything goes and comes around, just like all the seasons
But I don't know anymore, know anymore

I'm afraid of the ocean
To have the waves come crashing down on me
Still I find myself longing for
The way things used to be
At Edinburgh Beach
At Edinburgh Beach
At Edinburgh Beach