Spell it out with stones and sticks and fire
And work to keep this warm
Drifting apart from our desire
Trying to make it through this storm

We have run aground on our own isle
It's no one else's fault
Everything we are is in denial
Grains of sand and grains of salt

We have been stranded here together one by one
Taken for granted in the harsh light of the sun
Now we have landed and we feel like sailing on
We've been stranded here for much too long

Footprints in the sand are all around us
and there's nowhere left to go
Each of us to blame for what will drown us
Sucked down in the undertow

Empty out a bottle with no message
to say that we're all done
or keep a dream alive, or keep it dry
and hope it rises with the sun

We have been stranded here together one by one
Taken for granted in the harsh light of the sun
Now we have landed and we feel like sailing on
We've been stranded here for much too long