Tender Leaf Bay

You are born innocent, that's what they say
Holding you like a jewel on the first day
We'll take you home swaddled and leave in decay
Just forests missing trees from the doorway

You are born with original sin, that's what they say
So you won't believe in yourself from the first day
So long, wasted time, waiting for a grave
Just looking out the windows, trying to behave

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Now I've seen the water, at the inlet I pray
For every drop aware to find its way
And I've seen the lovers come when they may
Swallowed by the dragons at Tender Leaf Bay

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We all get a moment, where the road forks fight
And we all must choose the path that is right
For ourselves, for our lives, that leads us to light
But no one can tell you the name on the sign

Come with me hiking on a mountain side
Sweet is the sun on the horizon line
Every step is a lesson, a moment divine
A taste of heaven, the look in your eye

Stop with me baby, here on the rocks
And listen to the winding road as it talks
Of life, and the distance, a need to create
Like a childhood addiction that steadies the gait

Open your arms and open your eyes
The world is a wonder just realized
Was it me, was it you, or the infinite blue
The children live innocently and so do you

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I came out to find you here in the grass
In the dying days surrounded by the infinite
And we laughed for a spell, just remembering days
Where memories of wonder was all that we saved

You are born innocent, that's what I know
Embodiment a jewel, unafraid of the glow
Asking questions, dissention, exploring your world
Life gives you the struggle and you make the pearl

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