we aim for progress but were met with complications and whether its to face or cover up we smile the sign by the ocean house says closed for renovations but theres been a demolition and were all just in denial i sleep in a room with relics of something i pushed through once cluttered with condolences its empty now the things we convince ourselves are temporary renew and its time i think that we let the ink dry out ive got tattoos of the past and i am kicking up sand with your ghost cause im never more alive than when youre close so ill keep sand between these pages when im retreating from the coast to keep a little bit of you with me when i am needing you the most i just thought id let you know that i see something good ahead i just thought i d let you know that i see something good 