Landlocked Conch Shell (Alternate Version)

By Endless Forms

Released on August 15, 2021

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[Verse 1]

I don’t know why I believe

That the world without a man

Would still have the look

Of being looked at

If all the ground is flesh

And ocean is your blood

I always knew you

But I don’t think I understood


[Pre-Chorus 1]

I’m a landlocked conch shell

Carrying the sound of the waves

I hear the ocean in myself

But I can’t reach the place

That always led me on

For proof of the dawn

I could never find

During the night


[Chorus]

I die to find your face

I try to defy your grace

The higher the climb

The higher the ledgе

The more I give

Thе sweeter the death


[Verse 2]

What if I told you

The same Lazarus

Christ resurrected

Had died again?

Would being here at all

Be all you needed all along

Or would you still require

Some greater miracle?


[Pre-Chorus2]

So now I know the price of love:

A descending dove

That always leads to a death

To reveal life to live

But brings me back to the thought

Of if I’ll be caught when I fall

Of if my wonder outweighs

My desire to escape my pain


[Chorus]

I die to find your face

I try to defy your grace

The higher the climb

The higher the ledge

The more I give

The sweeter the death