Feet, you've brought me here, To this wide lifeless shore Was it me who led the way, or was I led? Eyes, you've seen the path, Or were you blind all this time? Disoriented by a myriad crossroads Giving in to your inward fright Was your will your own along the way? What took you to the strand? Reason slept and so your mind went absent But if I'm ever mine... Will I ever see through the wall of light? Stranded before the stretching sea Gentle, the waves are calling me Silent, a barren land in sight Wisdom, so close and yet so distant Hands, stop shaking now, And regain your once firm grasp Yet though the sand might slip through you Sometimes you have to filter out what hurts Heart, keep pounding hard With the confidence the waves come forth For the tide won't let us go now, Feel the calling of the old man of the sea Stranded before the stretching sea Gentle, the waves are calling me Silent, a barren land in sight Wisdom, so close and yet so distant A towering body of surging water rises ahead I'm on the edge of the deep blue abyss; I merge with it