Shingle Song Lyrics - Hammill Peter

You can see in the 1st light that's graced as dawn 

that there's nothing in my heart but pain 

as I stand, facing sea, knowing that you're gone 

all the elements rage to explain 

that I should really be on my way; 

but there is something 

which ensures I must stay. 

Beneath the roar of the seething surf, 

beneath the caterwaul of scattered call wind 

thoughts and gestures unspoken, unheard-- 

and now the dance of rapture begins 

as the waves rush along across the beach: 

like you, like your love 

forever out of reach. 

Look at the sky, but it's empty now; 

look at the sea, it holds nothing but despair. 

I raise my eyes, but my head stays bower... 

I look to my side, but you're not there. 

And I can't get you out of my mind, 

no, no, no, no, I just can't get you from my mind. 

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