Come over and we'll play a game
Excavating revelations in this hourglass sand
You're dark blue and you say my name
Like you know that I could keep up with your sentences and hands
Tell me something I don't know
And I'll wait out and jump the boat
To taste the salt I recognize on your lips and my own
But I know you've lost all your maps
Furling and unfurling masts
So what's this dream you say you have of home
I believe you but I don't think you believe yourself anymore
Cause all these islands you're shipwrecked by your own twists and turns
If you wanna go back, why do you stay stranded?
Captain, you can sail, so why aren't you on land yet
Odysseus, you know damn well how to get back home
I'm tired of this closing fist in the lightness of your eyes
What don't you wanna give away?
What armor did you bury yourself in
When your velvet lined voyage started looking like a waterlogged grave
Tell me something that you'll do and I'll hang off your every move
But I can't carve my name into your wave-wired grooves
Curse the prophets, count the stars
Lead the way to getting lost
Cause you're just looking for more people to remember you
I believe you but I don't think you believe yourself anymore
Cause all these islands you're shipwrecked by your own twists and turns
If you wanna go back, why do you stay stranded?
Captain, you can sail, so why aren't you on land yet
Odysseus, you know damn well how to get back home
You want blind poets and singing bards
And scholars with their disagreements about who you are
You don't want a medal or a hero's death
You want speculation and passed down pages
Kings get long live but still die nameless
So Ithaca is grey compare to how you get to it
I believe you but I don't think you believe yourself anymore
Cause all these islands you're shipwrecked by your own twists and turns
If you wanna go back, why do you stay stranded?
Captain, you can sail, so why aren't you on land yet
Odysseus, you know damn well how to get back home
Come over and we'll have a drink
So you can tell me all the things I know that you know better than
You'll float away to newer mysteries
I hope Ithaca remembers you when you want to remember it