Used to Be

Take a breath; take a long look around

Before you step-

'Cause the tide is coming.

Swallowing the ground-

And there's no way to tell if we will drown tonight,

Or we'll be found tonight.

Come in close; if the current gets us,

Then it gets us both.

And we can't wait here anymore-

So if the waves come, let 'em take us-

As they cover you and me, and they pull us underneath-

I hope that fate will forgive us for tempting the sea.

I hope that they won't forget us-

But we cannot go back to the way it used to be.

Take it in; take a good look at

What it might have been.

As we're swept into the water from the shore,

Because there's no way they can tell us that we can't have more-

Because we can have more.

As the waves come, let 'em take us-

As they cover you and me, and they pull us underneath-

I hope that fate will forgive us for tempting the sea.

I hope that they won't forget us-

No we cannot go back to the way it used to be.

So certain, where it would take us-

So sure that we were never lost;

To notice whether we'll be drowned tonight or found tonight...

So as the waves come, let 'em take us-

As they cover you and me, and they pull us underneath-

It takes the shape of who will save us.

When it leaves it's hard to know,

But I will not let you go.

I hope that fate will forgive us for tempting the sea.

I hope that they won't forget us-

No we cannot go back to the way it used to be.

I hope that they won't forget us-

No we cannot go back to the way it used to be.