October

On a day just like this on the ocean four years ago now

The wind was too strong, the waves were too big

Three young men were thrown off the boat

And I was at home, they were fighting towards mother earth

And two of them died only twenty years after their birth

In October

And the last of the three was left hopelessly crying for help

The wind was screaming but the silence was stronger as he stood with his feet in the kelp

The sun was still up but it was night time when I heard who died

I only knew Eric cause one time he gave me a ride

In October

Now I didn't know him well but I liked him

He was one of those guys that everyone knew either liked him or not cause there were

no sign of lies in his eyes

I was seventeen years old the last time he spoke to me

Now I'm twenty-one and I'm older than he'll ever be

In October

My father is his mother's cousin so that makes us kin

I remember those family dinners and the old people's funerals again and again

So strange looking round in the crowd when he wouldn't be found

Oh the look on the face of his brother when they lowered him down

In October

October is the best, turns roads into beautiful trails

The rime on the windows, the leaves on your coat, the frost on the cars and the rails

Still out on the ocean those memories are bringing me down

But I've heard there's a symphony playing you to sleep when you drown

October