The Vessel

I finally got it
Oh, I stopped running up and down on borrowed time
I waited for sundown
Slowly started breathing in and out, and walked away

And I was heading for the light
With naked eyes throughout the night
Steering through a thousand different tides

Still I can’t reach the core
Still amazed, still afloat

I finally see it
I’m silently breaking through the shell of discontent
For fear of oblivion
I jumped into the bottomless abyss of bygone days

It takes a sermon nor a song
To see what I’ve been doing wrong

Still I can’t reach the core
Still amazed, still afloat

Like astronauts we fly
Through the days, through the maze of time
Across the divide

Years are a vessel, oh, now I know I got all reason to believe
That age is a companion
Carrying the lessons that you learned along the ride

And as my secret dreams get older
I know they’re only getting stronger

And if I can reach the core
I’ll be still amazed, still afloat