Here I'm standing at the sea shore

Watch the waves rolling in one by one

Hear them shouting, hear them roar

Like some blessed animal, like a lost soul

Here I'm bending against the wind

Who tries to rip off the coat from my skin

I reach out to old some and keep it till tonight

I'll bring it to your house, so we can blow out the light

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Hope, hope, hope keeps me alive

Yes, hope, hope, hope keeps me going

Here I'm sitting by the water

To catch some oranges, the ones you like so much

I hold my hands into salty water

And try not to breathe not to scare them away

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Here I'm laying down at the beach

And see how the rest of this day is sailing west

I reach into my mouth to rip out a kiss

And throw it against the horizon, hope I won't miss

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