In the Arms of the Shore

Climbing up from the depths of a best-forgotten valley
They talk about in myth and only truly feel in mind
The gravel beneath my feet growing softer with each step
While what's left behind disintegrates in fog
A hand reaches out with a gesture of beckoning
Touching parts of me I never even knew were there
Blackened waves crash gently about my neck and face
While two pools of light strip the doubt from my skin

And anything I wish I was
All I could be and more
Is everything I am
In the arms of the shore

Trying to fit this place into terms I could express
But logic has no hold when all care is thus abandoned
I stand as naked as my inaugural breath
With only fear of being undeserving
"Your confidence is so utterly inspiring"
The only response arriving on a harmless laugh
Growing so contagious we both lay soon afflicted
And neither one too desperate for a cure

For anything I wish was
All I could be and more
Is everything I am
In the arms of the shore

[In the arms of the shore]
I was not the greatest man
[In the arms of the shore]
Barely a man at all
[In the arms of the shore]
'Til the tide washed out all pity
Slowing time down to a crawl

[In the arms of the shore]
The sand sweeps away deception
[In the arms of the shore]
The wind is cool
The water warm
[In the arms of the shore]
I've felt the touch
I've heard the words
This is the calm without the storm

Say it again

I suppose I have to bring this matter to a close
But I haven't put much stock in looking for an ending
And all I never said and the things I haven't done
Aren't regrets but the best still left to come

And anything I wish I was
All I could be and more
Is everything I am
In the arms of the shore

I feel like I've been here forever
Yet never once darkened this door
Released from all thoughts of leaving
The arms of the shore