Escape is a fantasy.

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Out Past the Breakers

Verse 1

Twenty-three with a map in my hand Thought the west was a promised land Thought if I ran far enough from home I'd finally learn to be alone Every room I ever walked inside I carried everybody else's life Built my back before I learned my name Called it love and called it staying sane

Pre-Chorus

Maybe every child who's learned to hide Dreams about the ocean tide

Chorus

I wanna swim out past the breakers Where the shoreline disappears Where the silence doesn't ask me To outrun thirty years Far enough the voices fade Far enough the waves erase But no matter how deep the water is I still wear my own face

Verse 2

Years rolled by like telephone poles Wedding rings and unpaid roads I promised gardens, promised skies Built forever out of overtime Funny how a dream can change When you finally know your name Turns out peace was never bought By bigger houses than we've got

Pre-Chorus

Love was never brick and stone Love was making someone home

Chorus

I wanna swim out past the breakers Where the shoreline disappears Where the silence doesn't ask me To outrun thirty years Far enough the voices fade Far enough the waves erase But no matter how deep the water is I still wear my own face

Bridge

Maybe freedom isn't leaving Maybe freedom's finally breathing Maybe Eden wasn't west Maybe it was learning to rest I've been loved more than I deserved Lost a few I still preserve Some still wave from distant shores Some don't know me anymore

Final Chorus

I could swim out past the breakers Watch the whole world fade to blue Let tomorrow lose my number Leave the sky without a clue But there's too much life before me Too much laughter left to find Too many souls who know my heart Too many who've carried mine So I'll stand here where the water breaks With salt upon my skin I don't have to leave this world... To finally let it in.

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