Cast a Hook
Veirs Laura Lyrics

Breathe life to the street from the mouth
Using your voice, bring energy and liveliness to the world around you

Those ruby red lips have much to give
Your words and actions have great potential to make an impact on those around you

Pull life from the land with your capable hands
Use your talents to bring life and beauty to the world

Those life loving beautiful broken hands
Your hands, though imperfect, are capable of doing great things and spreading love

Oh, I'll stand with you and marvel
I will be in awe of your greatness and stand by your side

At the cosmos pink and bright
I will admire the beauty of the universe and all its colors

All the pages flipping backwards
Time seems to be moving backwards, with past memories resurfacing

Til time is gone and wrong is right
Time will continue to move in strange ways until everything seems to be in its proper place

Rivers running up the hills and to the sky and down to the sea
Water flows in all directions, from mountains to the sky to the ocean

Where a merman with a twinkle casts a hook in me
In this watery world, I feel myself being drawn in by the magic and allure of the unknown

Sing me a salty blue song, I'll be gone
If you sing to me of the sea and its mysteries, I will be lost in its beauty

With watery cheeks down flowered lanes
My tears flow like water down a path of blooming flowers

Tattered sails on a ramshackle ship, I'll go pale
With winds whipping against my dilapidated vessel, I feel myself growing weak and pale

Staring straight in the face looming tempest waves
I am confronted by the immense power of the ocean and its unforgiving waves

Otherwise I'll wither and die here
If I don't venture out and face the unknown, I will stagnate and waste away

On this reach of rubble rambling
I am stuck in a desolate and barren place, wandering aimlessly

With two years filled up with sand, dear
Time feels like it's slipping away as I'm stuck in this place

In a broken daze I'll be scrambling
Feeling lost and broken, I will be struggling to find my footing

Summer sky falling into the sea, taking part of me
The setting sun seems to be pulling a piece of me into its depths as it disappears into the ocean

See the bones on the sand in the light
In the light, I can see the remnants of shells and bones left behind by the ocean's creatures

All the heards of the sea rushing by, pay no mind
The commotion and chaos of the ocean's inhabitants is not something to be bothered by

To the dancing reflections gone wild
There is an untamed and wild beauty to the way the light reflects off the water

And at night a fractured star fell
In the darkness, a shooting star blazed across the sky, leaving its mark

And pierced right through the thick of me
The star seemed to pierce through my very being, leaving me in awe and wonder

I cried out in pain and joy, yes
The experience was both painful and joyful, overwhelming my emotions

I'm not dead, not numb, not withering
Despite the hardships and struggles, I am alive and thriving

Like a falling leaf who keeps her green
I am like a leaf that continues to grow and flourish, even as I fall to the ground

I'm turning bright in the sea
In the ocean's depths, I am becoming more vibrant and alive

Where a merman with a twinkle casts a hook in me
There is something magical and alluring about the sea and its denizens, drawing me in and holding me captive