Story Behind The Song
Inspired by and dedicated to a childhood classmate who after high school, would succumb to mental illness, taking his own life.
Song Description
A piano-driven, melancholy rock ballad evoking the tension of getting older and the maintaining control of one's life.
| Song Length |
4:22 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Mixed Vocals |
| Mood |
Passive, Depressing |
Subject |
Life, Sanity/Insanity |
| Similar Artists |
Coldplay, Counting Crows |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
So they say, the tide is high
Feet on the dock, head to the sky
I am told, I'm so dangerous on my own these days
I'm on the edge now, I'm sinking in
Haunted by voices of people I've been
I lose my nerve, I shed my skin
Along this waterfront at which I stand
Am I getting through?
Am I getting through?
Am I getting through?
Quiet harbor, moonlit night
Waiting here, sometime
Someone inside me is making me shake
Somebody wake me before it's too late
And I'm on the edge now, I'm sinking in
Turning over on this life again
Am I getting through?
Am I getting through?
Am I getting through?
I lose my nerve, I shed my skin along this waterfront at which I stand
Identity, it weighs on me along this waterfront at which I stand