Sand Castles ft. Kate Short Lyrics

There were tide pools forming in the holes our shovels left

Sand bars scarred with memories of our footsteps

Little tattoo of a moon on your ankle

Once upon a time we built sand castles

Then waves closed in

And we tried running

Just to save our skin

But the castles crumbled

We let chaos win

And the world came tumbling down

Thanks for the fun but what was it all for

Our work ends up right back on the sea floor

Didn't see it coming now we're all washed up

Still looking for a something in the wreckage of us

Sand castles never last long

Last long on the shore

Last long on the shore

Sunset surfboard swimming in the ocean

She sells seashells but we stole them

Tower to the sky but the walls were paper thin

When the time was right the monsters flooded in

We point fingers

We get mad while

The sour lingers

Demons laugh

And the castle sinks

Now we can't bring it back no more

Thanks for the fun but what was it all for

Our work ends up right back on the sea floor

Didn't see it coming now we're all washed up

Still looking for a something in the wreckage of us

Sand castles never last long

Last long on the shore

Last long on the shore

We got swept up in the moment, la la

We got swept up now we're broken, la la

We left the front gate wide open, la la

We couldn't save what was golden, la la

Let's build another tomorrow

I'll come and knock on your door

You can say no but please don't go

I miss our castles but I miss you more

La la la la la la la la la la

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Sand castles never last long

Last long on the shore

La la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la

Sand castles never last long

Last long on the shore

Last long on the shore