Oh! Brother here Waiting on the eastern shore Oh! Sister dear Tell me what you're waiting for We've been tossed about Freezing on the eastern shore Waves that spat us out Tell me what you're freezing for As I lay clinging to the mast Ears still ringing from the blast Looked up to the swirling stars that swore that they would guide us Now gone, swallowed by the moon, tugged at the sheets to hide us In this cloudy place Where no one knows your name when they see your face Go rescue him Drowning on the eastern shore It's sink or swim So tell me what you're drowning for We have fought the fight Clinging to the eastern shore Now we wait for night Tell me what you're clinging for And when the storm came raging past Don't you feel you're aging fast? And clouds that you swore bore the shape of your own mother Explode, everybody starts to look like one another When the lightning hits Your name was all you had, now it's blown to bits So let us begin Living on the eastern shore Let the players in Tell me what you're living for Oh! Brother here Waiting on the eastern shore Oh! Sister dear Tell me what you're waiting for Oh! Brother here Waiting on the eastern shore Oh! Sister dear Tell me what you're waiting for Tell me what you're waiting for Tell me what you're waiting for