Spill Canvas The Tide Lyrics

The Tide Lyrics

And there's three, count 'em three 

Children playing on the beach 

They were eager to learn, 

To be taught and to teach 



There's Veronica 

She's biting her lip 

As she watches the waves turn white at the tip 

And there's Vada 

Radiating with joy 

And luckily she still can't stand the sight of a boy 

And lastly there's Dade 

His hair dances in the wind 

And he's wondering what love is 

And why it has to end 



And he can't understand 

How everyone goes on breathing when true love ends 

His mother whispers quietly... 

Heaven's not a place that you go when you die 

It's that moment in life when you actually feel alive 

So live for the moment 

And take this advice, live by every word 

Love is just a hoax so forget anything that you have heard 

And live for the moment now 



And there's three, count 'em three 

Children growing on the beach 

They were eager to learn, 

To be taught and to teach 



There's Veronica 

She's licking her lips 

As she waits for her real, first passionate kiss 

And there's Vada 

Can't admit her jealousy 

Of her sister Veronica, and how she's so pretty (and how she's so pretty) 

Lastly there's Dade 

Still sitting on the dock 

Ponders his life, and he skips his rocks 

And he wonders when his father will return 

But he's not coming back 



And he can't understand 

How everyone goes on breathing when true love ends 

His mother whispers quietly... 

Heaven's not a place that you go when you die 

It's that moment in life when you actually feel alive 

So live for the moment 

And take this advice, live by every word 

Love is just a hoax so forget everything that you have heard (forget
everything) 



And there's three, count 'em three 

Children missing from the beach 

They were eager to learn, 

To be taught and to teach 



But the sad thing 

Is that they never lived passed the age of fifteen 

Due to neglect from their mother 

Who was bed ridden by her ex-lover, their father 

She didn't even notice, or pay much attention 

As the tide came in and swept her three into the ocean 

Now all her advice, it seems useless 



No, heaven's not a place that you go when you die 

It's that moment in life when you touch her and you feel alive 

So live for the moment 

And take this advice, live by every word 

Love's completely real, so forget anything that you've heard 

And live for the moment now