You are speaking
But the words don't make any sense
At all
And your hands won't stop their shaking
What is it you tried to say?
Where we are now
Is nowhere
A blue harbor
Bodies floating out to sea beds
All around
People shouting with no voices… when they say
"Let me out!
Wake me up and stop this nightmare!"
Or is it
Something more than what we're seeing
Something more than what it seems
You are speaking
You are here
You are with me
What was it you tried to tell me?
What was it?
What is it you tried to say?
I am here
credits
from Adaptations,
released May 4, 2014
Arranged, performed, recorded, mixed by Derek Barber
Lyrical adaptation by Derek Barber
Upright Bass by Scott Brown
Mastered by Aki Ehara
Song originally by Hammock on the album Kenotic, 2005 Hammock Music Records
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