Old lyrics #2 - Prospect of the Sea

The air that you breathe
steals from my throat
you're drowning me
unreasonably,
cast me aside
adrift in the waves
I am merely
a prospect of the sea.

The October wind
punishes my face and my eyes
it's showing me no mercy
this time,
tears can't hide
the pain one feels
when you are merely
a prospect of the sea.

Chorus
Nerves of cotton
has this sailor
the waves loom larger
than they've ever
fear is the clarion
call of failure
for a prospect
of the sea.

A child's lonely voice
stands locked behind my smile
it is straining
to be free,
from the darkness
from the lonely nights
it is just
a prospect of the sea.

Chorus

The hope that you have
shines light a lighthouse
a beacon
that I can see,
but the rocks are wiating
close to you
for this prospect
of the sea.

Chorus

- Paul Kimball, 1994