I want to smell the salt water
And feel it on my skin
You know, I still love you
Same way I loved you then
I want to tell you I’m sorry
Things were so hard for me then
Like a robin
Stealing from a wren
You always had a song
I wanted to sing
You always seemed to have
One or more of everything
Now, I wrestle with joy
And I want to share the news
But Time is a trick
‘Cause we don’t speak
But I still feel you
I want to splash in the water
Oh, let me come back in
I take my bath in the water
Like you showed me how to swim
I’ll float for hours by your side
I’ll throw stones and I will race you
In a side stroke
And if I ever again
Get to hear your laughter
I will never never never never
Be ungrateful after
Some day I’ll stop talking
About the pain of the past
Not everything’s broken,
Same way not everything lasts
And if you call, I’ll start soaking
in the sound
I want to smell the salt water
And feel it on my skin
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