I am the ocean girl;
The mermaid girl
Swimming alone
Sweet memories in mind – Oh!
Far distant shores
That rang with shells and
Sang my name
And you, windy in the surf
Tossing it gently as I do
My hair.
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Dreams without memory; dreams that mean nothing
But a yearning nonetheless.
Silence is coming
And I have a part to play
--
Music in my bowstrings that reaches
Ever onward
But you don't remember me, do you?
I am the ocean girl;
The mermaid girl
And I am
Alone
--
--
Let me never be found
And let me be no nearer
To Destiny than the horizon is to me
Raging windstorms blow sand through my mind and I am
Free
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Chained; This kingdom of waking nightmare and oh I wish I - !
Might become the wind.
Escape is a dirty word and my clock is
Ticking
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But then she comes. And she doesn't go away when I close my eyes.
That ocean girl
That mermaid girl
Asking for me, pleading for me to stop running and
Put the past behind.
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I have a mission I was born to do.
And I have to do it with her.
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Here come the windchimes, that herald the
Coming storm.
There will be a tornado tonight, for it is late and
I cannot sleep.
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--
I remember
Fountains of crystal and
Dolphins in the moat
Teal silk and aquamarine wine
That was my palace
--
I remember
Desert winds and hot summers
Days spent indoors beaded with sweat
Windswept; unless
We managed to move inside.
That was my prison.
--
And we were always there, tangled in the strangling sheets.
Panting and alive, flushed with heat and kisses
Emotions in no language.
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The Silence is coming
But that doesn't mean that when we meet again
You cannnot speak my name.