The Saltwater Room

Album: Ocean Eyes (2009)
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  • I opened my eyes last night
    And saw you in the low light
    Walking down by the bay
    On the shore
    Staring up at the stars, that aren't there anymore
    I was feeling the night grow old
    And you were looking so cold
    So like an introvert
    I drew my over shirt
    Around my arms and began, to shiver violently before
    You happened to look
    And see the tunnels all around me
    Running into the dark
    Underground
    All the subways around, create a great sound
    To my motion fatigue
    Farewell
    With your ear to a seashell
    You can hear the waves in underwater caves
    As if you actually were inside a saltwater room

    Time together isn't never quite enough
    When you and I are alone, I've never felt so at home
    What will it take to make or break this hint of love?
    Only time, only time

    Can you believe that the crew has gone
    And wouldn't let me sign on?
    All my islands have sunk
    In the deep,
    And I can hardly relax or even oversleep
    But I feel more with your hand
    In mine
    When we walk on the shore line
    I guess we'll never know, why sparrows love the snow
    We'll turn off all of the lights and set this ballroom aglow

    So tell me darling do you wish we'd fall in love?
    (Yeah all the time) all the time
    Time together isn't never quite enough
    When you and I are alone, I've never felt so at home
    What will it take to make or break this hint of love?
    Only time, only time
    When we're apart whatever are you thinking of?
    If this is what I call home, why does it feel so alone?
    So tell me darling, do you wish we'd fall in love?
    All the time, all the time

    Time together isn't never quite enough
    When we're apart whatever are you thinking of?
    What will it take to make or break this hint of love?
    So tell me darling do you wish we'd fall in love?
    All the time
    All the time Writer/s: Adam R. Young
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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