From the recording One Skin
Lyrics
WHY DID YOU FOLLOW, A VOICE IN A ROOM, HOW DID YOU KNOW, HE WAS THE ONE TO LOVE, STOOD THERE ALONE, HOPING HE’D SEE YOU THERE, GAVE HIM A SMILE, GAVE HIM THE STARE. YOU DISAPPEARED, SCARED TO BE RECOGNISED, TREMBLING WITH FEAR, THOUGHT HE COULD BE THE ONE.
TO LIGHT IT UP, KNOCK ‘EM DOWN, CROSS THE RIP WHERE THE LAST ONE DROWNED, TAKE YOU DEEP, WALK ON THE BED, WADE THE WEEDS TRAPPED IN YOUR HEAD, MAKE YOU SOUND, ON HIGHER GROUND, WHEN IT’S HIGHTIDE, HIGHTIDE.
WHY DID YOU COLLAR, THIS CYBERSPACE COWBOY, HOW DID YOU TURN, SCRIPT INTO REAL LOVE. MAYBE YOU WANTED, MIND OVER MATTER, MAYBE YOU GAVE, A WINDOW TO SHATTER. YOU DISAPPEARED, SCARED TO BE RECOGNISED, TREMBLING WITH FEAR, THOUGHT HE COULD BE THE ONE.
TO LIGHT IT UP, KNOCK ‘EM DOWN, CROSS THE RIP WHERE THE LAST ONE DROWNED, TAKE YOU DEEP, WALK ON THE BED, WADE THE WEEDS TRAPPED IN YOUR HEAD, MAKE YOU SOUND, ON HIGHER GROUND, WHEN IT’S HIGHTIDE, HIGHTIDE.
A LITTLE BOAT TO DRIFT ON YOUR RIVER OF LIFE, SOMEONE TO HEAL EVERY LITTLE SLICE, A FLARE TO SHOOT INTO YOUR DARKEST NIGHT, SOMEONE TO TREAT YOU RIGHT, WHEN IT’S HIGHTIDE, HIGHTIDE.
LIGHT IT UP, KNOCK ‘EM DOWN, CROSS THE RIP WHERE THE LAST ONE DROWNED, TAKE YOU DEEP, WALK ON THE BED, WADE THE WEEDS TRAPPED IN YOUR HEAD, MAKE YOU SOUND, ON HIGHER GROUND, WHEN IT’S HIGHTIDE, HIGHTIDE, HIGHTIDE, HIGHTIDE.