That Boat

This could be ours he said to me As I lay next to him ‘neath the stars To the future we both could see As we lay in that boat of ours Well that was all a year ago That stolen lovers’ momentous night There wasn’t a way that I could know For the future, it blinded my sight For that boat was where it all went wrong That perfect love I knew With the change of wind the love was gone And what he said, it was far from true The gale blew cold, the rain did fall Whilst the sea crashed against the sand But the lovers, we didn’t care at all For we had taken each other’s hand Building a life from inside that boat Placing dreams upon the deck If we set sail we would surely float Ignoring that the boat was a wreck I pushed that boat full of dreams Towards a sea so deep and tranquil Those hopes were ripping from the seams As I realised the sea was far from still It threw me and him from the boat we’d built Threw me to a place where I later drowned And he was wrapped up in his tormented guilt Yet, it was a long time before I was found And that boat of ours still lies on the shore I pass that wreckage on the beach It reminds me of how for us there was more But it was just beyond our reach In a boat full of holes you can not set sail But love will make you think that you can The rain was falling, there was a violent gale In a boat, there was woman and man And this could be ours he said to me As I lay next to him ‘neath the stars To the future we both thought we could see As we lay in that boat of ours