Lyrics: Tom Basden
Music: Tom Basden
Time warps, when I could've been a better man
Than the one that I am now
So fixated on the future I created, I didn’t understand
Who I hurt and how
Head down, I didn't see the stars or hear the birds
I could look but not deflect
Trapped by ambition, by the end that I'd envisioned
Only using words for their effect
You led me down to the beach, the waves crashed in front of me
And you said, "Wash it away"
I waded in the silver sea, it knocked the breath right out of me
And I washed it away
And saw the day
Time warps, when we could’ve had a better life
Than the one that we have now
Being kind, not making up our mind to be man and wife
In case we disavow
Head down, reading room, raiding tombs, searching through the dust
To try and find something real
Disconnected from what's mine, the sublime from what I didn't trust
What I wouldn't feel
You led me down, I couldn't see, the waves coursing over me
And you said, "Wash it away"
Diving down the silver sea, it shocked the sense right out of me
And I washed it away
And found the day
Time warps, when I could've been a better man
Than the one that I was then
I should've listened, not adopted a position, forget my plans
I should've been a friend
Below a tide upon the beach, the waves crashed in front of me
And you said, "Wash it away"
I complied, the silver sea it sucked the strength right out of me
And I washed it away
And found the day