The Boy With an Anchor

I am the boy with an anchor

I drive a small ship that's not worth living in

His name is Carlsbad Danger

He fought in a war

But what good was it for?

I'm on the phone with my father

We're planning out rivers

And how they run through like friends

We can play with life later

Jump over the side

To try to drown all the time

I tried to write

I tried to love

But all my life I've failed at both

I've held my breath for far too long

And now I'm scared of growing old

I've been building a fire

For time and it puts up a hell of a fight

The weather's getting colder

And I wish it were warmer

For once I wish at least it'd try

I am a bitter cake baker

And there's loads of dishes

But all you'll ever do is dine

I am a boy who's in danger

Please tell me wife,

"He made sense of his life"

I tried to write

I tried to love

But all my life I've failed at both

I've held my breath for for too long

And now scared of growing old

To tell the truth about it

I don't know where to go

And there's no crime cruel

As to live alone

I sail the ship into the shore

'Til all the water leaks aboard

I take her down into the depths

And leave a Captain with regrets

I am a boy with an anchor

I leave a boy with an anchor