She was out in the water

She was out in the water, she was out in the rain
She was singing a song, no-one else could hear her play
She was shivering from the kindness of a boy she wasn't supposed to see
She was walking into water, she was drifting in the sea
She was risking all the things she couldn't quite leave

She was raised in the water, she was raised in the sky
Maybe I'll sing you a line, he said from some distant star
Honey I don't believe in majesty, or things that you compare
Just want to be here now tasting the salty sea air
Just want to be here now tasting the salty sea air

She was out in the water, she was out in the rain
Her bare heart soaked, her hands still stained
From push-pull of another who could barely behave
But his kisses touched like honey, too sticky to erase
Yes his touches kissed like honey, too sticky to erase

She was out in the water, she was out in the sky
She was making a map addled by disaster and light
She was drifting through the field of her little white lies
Picking off petal by petal, but she can no longer hide
And the ember of his eyes rolled out like the tide

You held my hand on the way
Reached out for what we could not say