Tradewinds *Revised*

Dark cold water,
ice forming on the top
and I'm floating
out there on a plank
somewhere in the Atlantic.
And I'm calling out your name,
howling for a second chance
but I'm getting no reply,
I'm alone, more than
I've ever been before,
I could just float away and die.

It's all I've ever done,
It's all I've ever been.
Running away time and time again,
Dragging along my cross to bear.
Now what was it exactly that you said;
I don't care?

I believe the echoes of the ocean,
the finger nail marks upon this plank,
have something else to say.
As it washes up on shore one day,
little kids down on the beach,
wading out in it to play.
I have something to say,
I have something to say.

It's a good time to be reborn,
cause we don't give a shit no more.
Mistakes are drawn like lines through sand.
You say you need my help,
you've had it all along.
I wander through this town and think
The ocean will breathe a sigh of relief
as the tradewinds set my course to sink.
I've been around enough to burn out.
Haven't I been there enough to help out?
Wasn't I there when it all came down?
Tell me how could you ever have any doubt?