Man Made Lake

I can open up this engine in any direction

I can never get away from the shore

And you can never lose sight of me

Even if I might be

Taking on water

On a man made lake

I used to lie in bed and still feel the motion

Only a stone’s throw away

And when I was a kid I

Thought it was the ocean

Now I’m taking on water

On a man made lake

All of the trees beside it

Every rock inside it

Somebody’s dad decided where they should go

And when I was a kid I thought it was the ocean

Now I’m taking on water on a man made lake

I am just a boy I know

Frozen in a picture

What was that smile I made?

I was on a need to know basis

And I didn’t need to know that

I didn’t even know it was a man made lake

I remember you so clearly, driving home from parties

People never said shit in those days

I’m laying in the back seat staring, at the headlights glaring

Moving the opposite way

I am completely safe

All of the trees beside it

Every rock inside it

Somebody’s dad decided where they should go

And when I was a kid I thought it was the ocean

Now I’m taking on water on a man made lake