Andrew Peterson The Coral Castle lyrics

The Coral Castle by Andrew Peterson

The Coral Castle lyrics

Late one night I had a notion 
An epiphany would be a better word 
So I stumbled in the dark down to the ocean 
And I pulled my broken heart out of the surf 

I had told her I did not have much to offer 
And I had told her I would treat her like a queen 
But I guess I wasn't worth what I would cost her 
So the night has brought me to this coral reef 

So down to the water I will come 
To raise for her this castle with my hands 
And steal away before the morning comes 
Cause I don't need her love to love her all I can 

So night on night and year on year 
Well, I worked until my hands no longer bled 
And I let the ocean bear away my tears 
So that she would know that I could love her best 

And a desert's just a sea without a shore 
And a lonely man at worst is still a man 
And I ain't gonna cry for her no more 
Cause I don't need her love to love her all I can 

I often dreamed I saw her face among the people 
Who'd come to see the coral fortress I had built 
But it may as well have been another seagull 
And the castle is there waiting for her still 

So down to the water I will come 
To wander through this castle on the sand 
And steal away before the morning sun 
Cause I don't need her love to love her all I can 
I don't need her love to love her all I can