I played six strings to the harbour
in six foot waves the music crept
and she stared at nothing from another six strings
but there’s a tower here that I’ll cut down
I’ll bulldoze it straight to the ground
no pain here no war no decoration
I know it’s not quite your style
I ask “did you ever fall for someone off this stage
did anyone ever pull so hard
that you snapped a string
or your hand slipped?”
she smelled like the desert like salt like a dream
and I went to the ocean to talk to the sea
opposites attract you see
I walked to the sea and slipped inside
“You know I’ve always feared you, don’t you?
but I want to know how you fill this space.
How do you fill this space?
How does it feel to fill this space?”
She answered, “It’s all in the dance
you fill the space with how you move how you hit
and how you strike
and everyone will fall in Love with you
some night”
Did you ever wonder how hard you hit
when you hit so hard
God I’ve hit harder than I thought I could
now I’m paying my dues
you struck so hard
these six strings are spent
and now I’ll dance for you
I’ll dance for you
I tell you it’s all in the dance
you fill the space with how you move how you hit
and how you strike
and everyone fell in Love with you
that night
clumsy-footed me I’d forgotten to dance
tongue-tied and stupid I forfeit everything
I fell to the beach I fell to the sea
I lost sight of everything you lost sight of me
as the waves wound tighter
as the waves wound deeper
round my
round my stumbling feet.