Oh Iris
There was a time
When we braided our hair
And dreamed of Atlantis
Reams of rich coloured thread
Hanging from our palms
As we plaited
Just floating in that magic time
Where nothing else mattered
Oh
The sun shone
And we would grow
With every heartbeat
Playing those future-soul songs
Just lying in my garden
Painting pictures of freedom
In a technicolour daydream
Of a world to which we'd run
And how we'd dream
Of white tents
And blue skies
And red desert scenes
And how we'd flee
In our minds to crystalline lagoons
And dark rolling seas
Oh Iris
We always said the world's for roaming
We know how futile life is
And if there's meaning
Wouldn't hesitate
To run far to find it
Just to feel the sun
Upon our backs
On a path ever-winding
But how things change
I put my roots down
In this ghost town
I had other dreams to chase
Now I wonder where the time's gone
As I sit here
Cleaning drains
While you're off
In distant landscapes
Catching perfect rolling waves
Oh Iris
Can't you see?
How badly I want to join you
Step out of this great machine
But I'm stuck between dreams
A slave to ambition
You know it
Keeps me from feeling free
Sometimes I like to drift
Just rolling with the tide you know
Just living to live
But I'm so caught up in this
I've sold my soul
To passion now
There's nothing I can do
Iris
Maybe I could run away
Some place near the sea
I'm young, I could start again
Could get lost in shades of blue and green
Maybe I would find
A home
Cloaked in lilac leaves
Spend my days in the sun
And find someone who loves me
It could be so easy
I could be so happy
But would it fulfill me?
No no
I don't think so Iris
Iris