And Yet Lyrics

This town...

This stain on the sunrise

disguised in the mist,

This morning...

Its 8 AM,

A seagull shouts

a sailors warning,

This sky...

This bend in the river

Slows down and delivers me

The tide rolls back

And all my memories fade to black.

And yet,

And yet

Im back!

This town has a strange magnetic pull,

Like a homing signal in your skull,

And you sail by the stars of the hemisphere,

Wondering how in the hell did you end up here?

Its like an underground river or a hidden stream

That flows through your head and haunts your dreams,

And you stuffed those dreams in this canvas sack

And theres nothing round here that the wide world lacks.

And yet,

And yet

Youre back!

Some night Id lie on the deck and Id stare

At the turning of the stars,

Those constellations hanging up there

From the cables and the rigging

I wonder if she saw the same or managed to recall my name

Why would she ever think of me, some boy she loved who fled to sea?

And why waste time debating

Whether shed be waiting for the likes of me?

So you drift into port with the scum of the seas

To the dance halls and the brothels where you took your ease!

And the ships left the dock, but youre half past caring,

And you havent got a clue whose bed youre sharing.

And your heads like a hammer on a bulkhead door

And it feels like somebody might have broken your jaw

And theres bloodstains and glass all over the floor

And you swear to God yell drink no more.

And yet,

And yet

In truth

Its too late to find her

Too late to remind her

at some garden gate

Where a servant tells me I should wait

And perhaps a doors slammed in my face

My head must be in outer space,

And yet,

And yet...

Before the sun has set

Before the sea

There maybe something else

Thats waiting for the likes of me!

This town...

This stain on the sunrise....