Name: Adrift In Manhattan
Duration: P00H03M39S
Description: While this song expresses my strong desires to see the world, it can also be attached to the narrative of Revisions, describing Rusty's voyage around the world, taking place chronologically within Step II: A Life of New.

Adrift In Manhattan

from Walk B-Side Me by Kevin Tiernan & Words We Say

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While this song expresses my strong desires to see the world, it can also be attached to the narrative of Revisions, describing Rusty's voyage around the world, taking place chronologically within Step II: A Life of New.

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I built this boat with all the wood my hands could carry
Just a single man gambling his life into the sea.
The shores of home behind my back
never looked so good,
but I set the sail, and hold my breath
that waves would welcome strangers if they could.

Na-na-na-la-la-da-da-da-da
Through these waters open
Na-na-na-la-la-da-da-da-da
There's so much that I've been missing
Singing-
Na-na-na-la-la-da-da-da-da
And across the ocean
Na-na-na-la-la-da-da-da-da
I will sail with both eyes open.

I saw the pyramids in detail on my journery
where I docked the boat in Cairo,
then proceeded straight to Rome without a hurry.
In the shadows of these monuments
I felt so powerless.
If human kind can build such feats
then why can't I just build myself some courage?

Na-na-na-la-la-da-da-da-da
Through these waters open
Na-na-na-la-la-da-da-da-da
There's so much that I've been missing
Singing-
Na-na-na-la-la-da-da-da-da
And across the ocean
Na-na-na-la-la-da-da-da-da
I will sail with both eyes open.

So poweful as the waves crash down.
Compass-Rose as the map guides the way home.
So poweful as the waves crash down.
Compass-Rose as the map guides the way home.

I'm driftin' (woah-oh-oh-oh) I'm driftin'
As the current brings me home.

Na-na-na-la-la-da-da-da-da
Through these waters open
Na-na-na-la-la-da-da-da-da
There's so much that I've been missing
Singing-
Na-na-na-la-la-da-da-da-da
And across the ocean
Na-na-na-la-la-da-da-da-da
I will sail with both eyes open.

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from Walk B-Side Me, released May 25, 2010
Mixed, recorded, engineered by Kevin Tiernan.
All instruments by Kevin Tiernan.

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