The Ocean I Once Knew

We drown out to sea, we drown in our fears

The warmth of the city lights, I don't feel them anymore

Sounds of stray cats and dogs, I hear them echo

But I'm drowning and falling deep down below

I cry tears of sorrow but nobody sees

They've been lost in the abyss after all these years

Face so disguisable, existence irrelevant

The warmth of the city lights, I can't taste them anymore

"Mother, Mother!" I knock at the door

I look to my shoes but I don't know what for

Short dirty fingernails, they close into a fist

"Mother, Mother!" she opens the door

"The city lights!" I shout, "The city lights are here!"

I can taste it, sweet and blissful, beautifully clear

Brewed tea, cotton candy, Ferris wheels and balloons

The warmth of the city lights, I can feel them once more

A heart-warming smile presses across her lips

The sorrow and the pain, they flush into the abyss

Her crow's feet, too obvious, I fear she's getting old

The city lights, they have faded away, all of a sudden I don't feel them anymore

But that was ages ago, I am where I am

I had taken these feelings with my heart in my mouth

I am drenched in water, lonely, wet and cold

For I am the ocean, the sea. I am nothing, I am no more