If you turn towards the way the ship did come
You can smell the earth that you and I lived on
All the pity that you had on me back then
All the Sunday afternoons with all your friends
You never did think I'd reach the deep
Of the world we found when you still had a dream
But now the time below your feet has turned to stone
And the children at your knees they will never know
It was two miles long and you were never coming back
From the hill where you left no track
From the hill where you bled and died
Forget you I couldn't if I wanted to
Even if the moon stayed true
Even if the sun told lies
And on the edge of all the trouble we did find
There was a life that you and I now we cannot hide
But if you like the way the road is bending on
Well then I'll leave you with the sparrows and be gone
And your sky may turn to red and blue and black
But you may never see the sky with what you had
So if you turn towards the way the ship did come
You can find the earth that you and I lived on
It was two miles long and you were never coming back
From the hill where you left no track
From the hill where you bled and died
Forget you I couldn't if I wanted to
Even if the moon stayed true
Even if the sun told lies
Now you can't tell me what we had was a worn-out stay
'Cause if you'd gone that way
You'd be the one with eyes dried
And if you hold your heart I'm certain you can go back there
To the world you spared
When you still kept your nights bright
And if you turn towards the way the ship did come
You can smell the earth that you and I lived on