Like Sailing Into A Storm, by Chasing Phantoms (2024)

1.

When you took a roller to the writing on the wall,You found that there was nothing you could do.When you drew conclusions, you came running down the hall,ScreamingHealing, It's a slow resurrection, learning a lesson in breathing, breathingAnd bleeding,It's a painful confession, blessed redemption, I'm breathingI'm breathingAnd somewhere there's a sunrise as the world keeps spinning roundAnd somewhere there's a brother, lying murdered on the groundAnd the dirt cries out for his crimson blood as it's forced to drink it downOh where's the healing, the healing?All your lightPassing byI turn awaywith burning eyesAll your lightbreaking throughAll my ties areanchored in youSave me, Save meI'm suffocating in all your light, all your lightAll my daysSearching forPhantom waves to bring me to shoreSave me, save meI'm suffocating in all your light, all your lightAll your light

2.

You keep me at a distance, now don't you?I guess that's just as well.I won't ask any questions, darlingAnd you don't have to tellOh how we tear ourselves apartYeah we tear ourselves apartAnd we push them away, but there's no one to blame 'Cause we tear ourselves apartAll of these moments I wish that I could do over againBut here we go, around and aroundAnd there's love enough for youYeah there's love enough for youOh there's love enough for you, you don't have to go searchingI know you hide in the silenceLosing yourself in the crowdBut despite all your efforts the sunlight is finding you outAnd there's love enough for youYeah there's love enough for youOh there's love enough for you, you don't have to go searchingOh there's love enough for youYeah there's grace enough for youOh there's love enough for you, you don't have to go searchingMay I be transformedI rest in a sacrifice not my own

3.

When the salt of your skin mixes in with your woundsYou've inflicted yourself, oh you're fooling yourselfBreak it down, break it down like you doBreak it down, break it down like you doYou've been dying to leave, now you'd kill just to stayAnd the signs have been pointing in every which wayBreak it down, break it down like you doBreak it down, break it down like you doOh my home, my home is a place I don't knowWe've led wandering lives since we stepped from the gardenBuilt a heavenly tower to reach for the stars, andYou just broke it down like you doSo break me down, break me downOh my my, won't you make up your mind?Won't you just let it go, let it go?Oh my home, my home is a place I don't knowThe grass is greener, it's greener on the other side, the other sideWe always want what we don't haveThe grass is greener, it's greener on the other side, the other sideWe always want what we can't have'Cause we've led wandering lives since we stepped from the gardenBuilt a heavenly tower to reach for the stars, andYou just broke it down like you doSo break me down, break me downOh my my, won't you make up your mind?Won't you just let it go, let it go?Oh my home, my home is a place I don't know

4.

Oh Mutineer, wish you were herThis old ship's full of ash and broken souvenirsAll my days, all my days are passing byI'm afraid I'm losing sight, I'm losing sightOh Mutineer, won't you please steer?This old ship's run aground too many times, I fearAll my days, all my days are passing by I'm afraid I'm losing sight, I'm losing timeBut you're no mutineerYou're no mutineer, it's me

5.

Too long I've been trying to play it safeToo long I've been timid and afraidStanding planted with my feet on the shoreI'm stepping out of this boat into the seaOh let the skies rain down on meWhy are you all pulling me so hard?Pulling me so desperately apart into you, ocean wavesI'm stepping out of this boat into the seaOh let the skies fall down on meChained beneath the tremorsHear the ocean weepI can feel the memories slipping away In the calm of the deepThough I am under the waves, I will still singOpen my lungs, in comes the seaOpen my lungs, in comes the sea