Fossil

Stayed up all night thinking by the ocean
Only ever seen the sunrise on a postcard
Across the pond the pubs must be getting busy
And up the coast you're waking up alone in the city

All the days come dancing off the water
Waking up the shadows and the lovers
Riding on the back of a wave on the tip of time
That's the day I came out here to find

I've now been looking for the fossil
Of the day I met you
I want to hold it in my hand
And feel how little we knew
How much sweet water too

Maybe if a tide never rose and never fell
I'd be looking for the ocean in a shell
I'm studying the color of the cliffs I've never known
Where the days just disappear into stone

I've now been looking for the fossil
Of the day I met you
I want to hold it in my hand
And feel how little we knew
How much sweet water too

I've now been looking for the fossil
Of the day I met you
I want to hold it in my hand
And feel how little we knew

I've now been looking for the fossil
Of the day I met you
I want to hold it in my hand
And feel how little we knew
How much sweet water