Captain

By the harbor

I harbor the strangest memories

Older than I could ever be

Stranded in nostalgia

So tonight I?ll try harder

But it's hard to fix this spotlight on me

In a cast that's taken places

I?m unsure of where I want to be

Stand up, stand up

And stand down

I'll climb El Captain

And jump off to cheers from the crowd

Stand up, stand up

And stand out

And I hope you take your camera

To photograph my tears as they hit the ground

No one even listens

The same way that no one ever laughs

I'm taking the car out of the snow

And wondering where the summer went to circled by your secrets

I'm hoping they don't include me

At least I'm in good company

Because there's no one else around

Except me

Stand up, stand up

And stand out

I'll climb El Captain

Just to watch the world slow itself

Stand up, stand up

And stand out

And I hope you took your camera

Silence makes the loudest sound

It seems far too easy to say the same things

I?ll choose my own way to use my life up

Finally found a new way, say the same things

In imaginary ways, I?ll use my life up

You were looking at pictures in the distance

Hoping to see the future in your pictures

Of the distance, hoping to see

The future looking at pictures in the distance

Hoping to see the future through your pictures

Of the distance hoping to see

The future looking at pictures in the distance

Hoping to see the future in your pictures

Of the distance, hoping to see

The future looking at pictures in the distance

Hoping to see the future in your pictures