I left Sabinal years ago when I was just a child Was haunted until all my youth was burned Still, I got away but only yesterday I realised that somehow I'd returned A boat is in the distance but too far away to catch I only love the sea when I'm ashore How much of that is me? How much just memories Of something someone told me long ago? Do I leave as a criminal or do I stay as a coward? Winter always plays with me it ties me to the ground Then cuts me loose and throws me to the sky I suddenly unwind, reveal another side And say everything I was was just a lie Do I leave as a criminal or do I stay as a coward? And the longer that I stay the harder it will be to leave It looks as if there is no odyssey But maybe this is it, then surely I must quit The lotus plant that holds me, tenderly The lotus plant that keeps me, quietly