Ringing in My Ears

There's a ringing in my ears a lot lately
And I know it must be you,
Whispering sweetly to me
But we don't speak the same language anymore

Our love lost somewhere in the translation of time
Every touch fading into an ocean of clock faces
I'm so far away from you now.

I spend each night dreaming of your salt water kiss
And I wake drowning for you.
I find myself whispering your name into the breeze
Hoping the wind will hear my longing and carry me back to you

Months
Even years pass
Until I find myself standing on the edge of you,
Gasping for air before I feel the crash of your waves against my skin.

I'm tempted to let you swallow me whole,
Just pull me into your depths and fade away...

But there are people waiting for me on your shores,
I hear them calling my name over the ringing,
And I know it must be you begging me to stay.

But we don't speak the same language anymore.