200 LIGHT YEARS
I don’t know what happened, I don’t know what went wrong
no longer do the work, only sing the song
My pursuits had shifted, shifted just in time
Close as we can get, as humans to divine
CHORUS
And it don’t matter how old I get,
Doesn’t matter how decrepit
Half a mile from the open ocean, quarter mile from the bay
200 light years from understanding if you choose to measure it that way
V 2
I will always, put that wetsuit on
Jump into the cold water and get gone
Paddle into the line up, duck dive
Turn around, drop in and drive
V3
There was a time, it was all clear,
No hesitation, no fear
Somehow I lost it, vanished from my sight
Till I realized, three lefts make a right