It carries your feet to the coast Where you put them into the water And your soul goes back and forth It rises with the tide And flows back to sea If you could stop the flow It means the world to me Let the tidal wave wash you back to shore Kissed by the waves, down to the ocean floor Crushed by water and beaten by the wind Back to earth, another life begins Like a cold blanket loved warmly Swallowed all the old sentiment And the salt will wash your conscience Fighting the flow whilst in the middle of it Let the tidal wave wash you back to shore Kissed by the waves, down to the ocean floor Crushed by water and beaten by the wind Back to earth, another life begins So, dive right in and come up again Breathing in and out again Dive right in and come up again Breathing in and out Let the tidal wave wash you back to shore Kissed by the waves, down to the ocean floor Crushed by water and beaten by the wind Back to earth, another life begins