El Capitan (Acoustic)

By the harbor

I harbor the strangest memories

Older than I could ever be

Stranded in nostalgia

So, tonight I'll try harder

But it's hard to fix

This spotlight on me

In a cast that's taken places

I'm unsure of where I want to be

Stand up, stand up

And stand down

I'll climb El Capitan

And jump off to cheers

From the crowd

Stand up, stand up

And stand down

And I hope you take your camera

To photograph my tears

As they hit the ground

No one even listens

The same way

That no one ever laughs

I'm taking the car out of the snow

And wondering where

The summer went to

Circled by your secrets

I'm hoping they don't include me

At least I'm in good company

Because there's no one

Else around, except me

Stand up, stand up

And stand down

I'll climb El Capitan

Just to watch the world slow itself

Stand up, stand up

And stand down

And I hope you took your camera

Silence makes the loudest sound

It seems far too easy

To say the same things

I'll choose my own way

To use my life up

Finally found a new way

Say the same things

In imaginary ways

I'll use my life up

You were looking at pictures in the distance

Hoping to see, the future in your pictures

Of the distance, hoping to see

The future looking at pictures in the distance

Hoping to see, the future through your pictures

Of the distance, hoping to see

The future looking at pictures in the distance

Hoping to see, the future in your pictures

Of the distance, hoping to see

The future looking at pictures in the distance

Hoping to see, the future in your pictures

Of the distance, hoping to see

The future in your pictures