4. Albatross

Took my suitcase, locked the door

Small baggage, records, books and lots of hope

Rid a thousand miles away from home

Seemed like life hadn’t had a sense before

Made my way across the fields

Along the unknown roads no map would show

But distance slowly made a painful wound in me

When someone saved me from decay

“Hey honey, what’s your name?”

Would I ever be the same now?

“You took the best of me

What no one else could see

Do you think that maybe we belong

To somewhere far away from home

To someone’s arms we’ll never know?”

Took a little flat downtown

Perfumed with salty water, oily and sad

Regretting to myself for such a sour choice

Something I could change with time

“Hey honey we’ve grown old

Seems like we’ve been together

For such a little time

Oh, such a crazy time

Do you think that maybe I wasn’t right

Somehow it’s hard to find a reason why

I don’t feel calm

I don’t feel safe; it’s not my place

I had a house; I had a girl, a decent job,

A helping hand

That I just left to drift away,

To find a change, a better place

To those unknown I gave my days

And they treat me well, but it’s not the same

It’s not the same it’s not the same

It’s not the same; it’s not the same...

Do you think that maybe we belong

To somewhere far away from home

To someone’s arms we’ll never know

To someone’s arms we’ll never know

Do you think that maybe we belong

To somewhere far away from home

To someone’s arms we’ll never know

Came back home, closed myself in

Sold my books and gave away my hope

Blew my mind with alcohol

Seemed like life wouldn’t have a sense

Never at all