Wait Out the Storm

I don’t come into this blindly you know I’ve been warned
I ignored the advice just to wait out the storm
Get busy take cover on much higher ground
I know that what’s up there is a view of the drowned
I’m crossed off your list you don’t want me to call
It’s all I can do to walk and not crawl
I know I can’t wrest you from your hiding place
I may forget your name but I won’t forget your face
I can’t wait out the storm, can’t do nothing at all
I can’t wait out the storm
I feel the sand sting
What flies in on storm’s wing?
Night falls we retreat from the shadows outside
To the clutter of objects that fills up our lives
What’s missing is ghostly and hangs in the air
I don’t know where I’m going but I know it’s not here
Earth trembles the burrows when thunder strikes close
We float on the surface we stay where we hope
Divided we conquer, united we fall
It’s all I can do to do nothing at all
I can’t wait out the storm, can’t do nothing at all
I can’t wait out the storm
I feel the sand sting
What flies in on storm’s wing?