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Story behind the song
Done as a songwriting exercise, SSG Y10 Weeks 16 - 20.
The title came to me on a cruise. I didn't know what the story would be at the time.
Lyrics
verse:
When we enter the bay I think we're alone.
Just two thousand people or so.
Over the diesel engine's drone
I hear the roar of the waterfall's flow.
Then I see you near the shoreline, paddling by.
Twenty-five bright specks.
Some of you notice us waving "hi"
From the cruise ship's upper decks.
chorus:
On kayaks and cruise ships
We've come for the view,
Each in our own way.
On kayaks and cruise ships
To see something new.
And then we drift away.
verse:
In a boat that is your body's extension.
You know the water's feel.
From a vessel of sixty thousand gross tons,
The scene doesn't seem as real.
As you paddle onward, I look back
To trips decades ago.
All that I needed in a backpack.
Now it's in a floating condo
chorus
verse:
My journey is almost finished now
While yours has barely started.
Will you be in my place somehow
When I am long departed?
In a site that's so remote
Maybe my mind unravels.
I manage still to stay afloat
And continue with my travels.
chorus
