The Shallows
Lyrics
Just an old song on the radio
Just a photograph, face down
Just a minute in the shallows
Where the summers don't drown
And the water's always golden here
The light is always June
Everyone I've ever lost
Is still in the room
In here, still in the room
And it's warmer looking backward
And it's kinder than today
And I only came to visit
That's what the staying always says
Wade in slow
Golden low
Years ago
Soft as smoke
Don't look down
Don't turn around
Stay
Stay
The shallows whisper: stay
I know every stone down here
I've polished them with rewind
The best day plays on Thursdays
The worst ones redesigned
And the present's on the beach somewhere
Waving something, sounds like my name
But the water's at my shoulders now
And warm
And it was waist-deep when I came
'Cause the past has perfect weather
It's the one place time can't rain
But nobody's growing older there
And nothing's growing, that's the trade
Wade in slow
Golden low
Years ago
Soft as smoke
Don't look down
Don't turn around
Stay
Stay
The shallows whisper: stay
The beach is getting small
The voices sound like kids
My kids
Swim
The now is where they are
Swim
The gold is where they are
Waded slow
Let it go
Years ago
Stays ago
I looked down
I turned around
Stay
No
The shallows keep what they keep
I keep today
Still visit on Sundays, ankle-deep
The past makes a lousy address, but a beautiful beach