These days are gonna leave a mark
Just to survive is a heavy task
It's a big big thing, this change
We can't see where it's gonna lead

Wake me up
Every ugly day

Oooh I lie in the sand
And the waves pour over me
Oooh I don't leave a trace
All my words have washed away

I'm learning to resist longing
Just to touch a friendly hand
To sit on the grass with somebody else near
To dance close to a stranger

To sit at the bar and hear a tale of adventure
(we used to — remember?)
To plan my own like I have a future

Dream for me
(I'm going nowhere — now and here)
Of a better time
Oooh I lie in the sand
Let the pain wash over me
Oooh it's a sacred thing
To be scarred by history

I swear I am OK
I only mean I don't want sympathy
I won't ask you if I'm still enough when I'm useless
Hitting bottom yet again

I'm still here and now
There was a better time someday

Oooh I lie in the sand
And the waves pour over me
Oooh I don't leave a trace
All my words have washed away
Oooh I lie in the sand
Let the pain wash over me
Oooh it's a sacred thing
To be scarred by history