Sand

deaf, numb and run-down

fastened-seatbelt homeward-bound

landing checks and gear down

a ten-hour flight hits the ground

and all that i once knew is gone



eyes open wide,

dawning on wasted mourning hours

an aerial slide

and a led screen counting down the miles

here comes the time i...

swirl on the downside world



gear up to take off

if anything is turning you off

next time, good son

don't look down while you leave the ground

head up, and...

swirl the downside world



now hours pass like centuries

and empty minutes feel like years

the engine rumbling in my ears

won't make the memories disappear



for family and friends, for passengers

a postcard's worth an open letter

we never met, we never will

they're scared and all i need's a thrill



all this is now so far away

and yet it feels like yesterday

when she was drawing lines in the sand

that i was holding in my hand

holding in my hand

hold it in your hand



all this is now so far away

and yet it feels like yesterday

did it have to end that way

when there was so much left to say?

for family, friends, for passengers

the show is over

when we are down

where are we crashing down?...



you know when hours feel like years

this cold and sleepless night aside

an engine's rumbling in my ears

a led screen's counting down the miles

for family, friends, for passengers

the show is over

may it all swirl

down on the outside world



you know when hours feel like years

from the pain and shivers that subside

like this cancer corroding our dreams

these needles emptying down the vials

for family, friends, for passengers

a postcard's worth an open letter

we'll meet again, i'm sure we will

you're scared and all i need's a thrill



you know when hours feel like years

in cold and sleepless nights you shine

in the engine rumbling in my ears

on led screens counting down the miles

for family friends, for passengers

the show is over

may it all swirl

down on the outside world



i'm seeing the earth from a plane

where precious space and time sustain

and you are drawing lines in the sand

i keep holding in my hand

no family, friend, no passenger

the show is over

when we are down

where are we crashing down...?



and i remember hours feel like years

hoping this pain and shivers would subside

like this cancer corroded our dreams

these needles emptied down the vials

no family, friends, nor passengers

the show is over

and now we all swirl

down on the outside world

may it all swirl

down on the outside world

swirl...



i'm seeing the earth from a plane

where precious space and time sustain

we'll meet again, i'm sure we will

you're scared and i just got my thrill

spinning around in my head

every word that you said

and everything we have been

that we were holding in our hands

holding in our hands



deaf, numb and run-down

fastened-seatbelt, homeward-bound

landing checks and gear down

a ten-hour flight hits the ground

and all that i once knew is gone...



all that i once knew is gone