The Island Lyrics

The Island lyrics

Island life does have its charms 

The constant sun, the steady breeze 

Nothing ever happens here 

Few are those who do not fall beneath the spell 



It’s language is an orphan branch 

But one that I can understand 

Its cadence is familiar 

It shares the old declension from the continent 



I came here with a package deal 

Everything all prearranged 

Three nights at the Grand Hotel 

Where all the rooms have ocean views 



By latitude and longitude 

Mariners will not arrive 

Its coordinates are plotted 

By its relative position to the rising sea 



The lucky few who call it home 

Are prosperous and confident 

And they manifest a certainty 

That, come what may, things will not be otherwise 



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But time is on the ocean’s side 

The beaches shift, the cliffs erode 

Though the engineers do what they can 

Everyday another house just slides away 



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