Planning in the Sand

We found a quiet stretch of coastline Where the waves erased the footprints behind The sky was wide, the future was too Every dream felt close enough to touch with you A driftwood stick became an architect’s pen Drawing tomorrow where the tide rolled in A little house, a winding road A thousand promises we thought we owed The sun leaned low, the shadows grew long We swore forever like a favorite song We were planning in the sand Building forever with our hands Drawing lines the ocean never promised it would keep Making maps for all our dreams Believing time was on our side Watching castles meet the tide Some things last and some things wash away again We were planning in the sand We talked about the places we would go The years ahead unfolding nice and slow Every wave applause beneath our feet Every heartbeat saying life was sweet The evening breeze carried our names Like it could shelter us from change But the sea knows things we never learn How every page eventually must turn The stars came out, the water turned black And nothing that is gone is coming back We were planning in the sand Building forever with our hands Drawing lines the ocean never promised it would keep Making maps for all our dreams Believing time was on our side Watching castles meet the tide Some things last and some things wash away again We were planning in the sand Maybe that’s the beauty of it all Knowing every tower has to fall Still we built them anyway Still we gave our hearts away And though the waves reclaimed the shore Those moments are forevermore We were planning in the sand Holding tomorrow in our hands Every hope a fragile little grain against the wind Every ending, every beginning The tide rolled in, the years rolled on But the memory still lingers strong And I’d do it all again, exactly as we planned Back when we were planning in the sand Just two hearts on borrowed land Planning in the sand… Planning in the sand…