Haul Away

The heart of me is ocean bound
But I come from a landlocked town
No coast or caverns to be found
Among the plains and fens

But when the road takes me in reach
Of ocean waters that beseech me
Every time to scour the beach
In search of hidden gems

Along the shore where it can be seen
In frosty white, in blue and green
Some days even aquamarine
All from the water thrown

Discarded shards of glass who all
Were swept up in this waterfall
And now whose bodies so recall
The stories of their own

Haul away, haul away
Im bound to follow oceans
I know no other way
Haul away, haul away
And make me who I am today
And make me who I am today

Well who amongst us can't relate
To such an ordinary fate
As living in a constant state
Of battling the tide

Who started out a fragile shell
That broke apart each time it fell
That could see straight through as well
And know what lay inside

Then traded days in pubs and bars
For crashing waves beneath the stars
And storms that gave us battle scars
When best adventure beckoned

Who turned with currents, met with caves
And wandered lost among the waves
And managed to avoid our graves
But sometimes just by seconds

Haul away, haul away
Im bound to follow oceans
Oh I know no other way
Haul away, haul away
And make me who I am today
And make me who I am today

Well blessed are those that understand
We all return back to the sand
We were born from but bear the brand
Of our suffering and our pleasure

Well now I find the time and tides
Have worn my edges, smoothed my sides
For tourists who come wandering by
To mistake me for treasure

Haul away, haul away
I'm no kind of opponent for the current or the sway
Haul away, haul away
That made me who I am today

Haul away, haul away
I'm bound to follow oceans
Lord I know no other way
Haul away, haul away
And make me who I am today
And make me who I am today
And make me who I am today
And make me who I am today