She sits in silence bu the sea
And thinks about what might have been
She sees the waves crash to the shore
And wishes she was one of them
But as the Dunlins strut and the Cormorant dives
She wonders why she's still alive
The beast within rejects her call
For death to come and end it all
She remembers youth, a distant friend
Why did the good times have to end
Age only brings great fear and pain
And a trip to the unknown again
She's lived the life of all it's got
Taken, laughed at all the knocks
Now she beats her head against the rocks
And as her red blood stains the greying sea
She cries with one last breath I'm free
To live again
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