Across The Water

[Chorus]

Hands across the water

Hands across the water

[Verse 1]

Has it really been six years

Standing on the edge of this pier?

With my face gone shiny and wet with slick tears

Wishing I could tell you, you've been missed here

I let my ship steer into dark waters

And had to say a few Our Fathers

In hopes that He exists and it fits into the script that God authors

I wished on 'em and considered what the stars taught us

We're all just specks in the grand scheme

No matter how far apart these two stretches of land seem

So our connection just can't be

Severed by any measure of time and pressure the sand's seen

The bad dreams that used to keep me awake

Became the last place that we could still speak face to face

The very same dreams I wanted desperately to escape

Now I'd do anything to make 'em last eager to stay. I reach my…

[Chorus]

Hands across the water

Hands across the water

[Verse 2]

I'd send a message in a bottle through the sea

If I thought that it would bobble through the fog into your reach

You missed a lot of great talks and a few defeats

And so many things I thought that you would see

I'm getting married now, who'd believe?

To that same pretty, scrappy gal I was so excited for you to meet

I never got rich and famous but the man that I became

Would make you and Daddy proud if only you could see

I do believe in love. I know there's something greater

I wanna be a father, send my hopes to Mother Nature

I miss you more than I could scribble with this pen

And I know that this'll end, but I know you hope it's coming later

You were my best friend and my biggest fan

My sweet guide waiting in the sand at the seaside

I know we'll meet again when I'm crossing over these tides

But in the meantime, I just reach my…

[Chorus]

Hands across the water

Hands across the water

Hands across the water

Hands across the water