The Painter and the Sea Lyrics

To a small island in the sea

The painter moved to find peace

The landscape had taken its hold

To give its masterpiece

He drew so hastily with the wings of migrating birds

Reality blended abstractly

So much time shared with his lover

Where are the successes in our memories

To love's to know, to love's to know

In these lost hours on the beach

Through my hands, the sand is sifting

I've tried to talk with the sea

And the answers are now happening

Within the waves are memories

Lapping gently on the shore

They tell me what I've always known

But in a way I've never heard before

Where are the successes in our memories

To love's to know, to love's to know

I do wanna be like the painter

Revealing what it means to be

I want you to join me, lover

Giving ourselves up to the sea

Thousands of fragmented shells

Laid out on the beach by the sea

Wisps of seaweed riding the wind

In the shade, the painter escapes the heat

In black swimtrunks and a straw hat

He sketches dancing trees as naked figures

His lover swims in the cold waters

He's succeeded at the sea's best treasure

Where are the successes in our memories

To love's to know, to love's to know