Lonely Beach

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All I can see is the ocean’s horizon
and I’m the only girl in the sea
The harder I try to stay afloat
the more I get caught in the currents
My friends float farther and farther away
and I’m stuck here on the sand
This beach stretches for miles and miles
without a single soul on land
The passing ships blare with music
Those party boats don’t stop by
Lonely Beach, population: me
... ... ...
I can’t let my hair down
I’m not like everyone else
I won’t let the current pull me in
but I once found a couple of friends
Soon, the party boat stopped by
and I wasn’t good enough for them
Now I trace portraits in the sand
of myself and what I can remember
of a life filled with others
and brothers and lovers
But now I’m stuck on Lonely Beach
Population: me
... ... ...
Filled with the empty sound of the waves
and myself
If I squint hard enough
I can see far enough
to the Isle of Despair
There seems to be another figure
standing on those desperate banks
but I’m too lonely to care
The party boats continue to pass on by
music blasting, living life
Deep down in my pocket, I know have the pass
from long ago, when I lived life to its fullest
... ... ...
But after stopping for a moment on Lonely Beach
I’ve seemed to forgotten where I’ve put my ticket

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