late one night i had a notion an epiphany would be a better word so i stumbled in the dark down to the ocean and i pulled my broken heart out of the surf i had told her i did not have much to offer and i had told her i would treat her like a queen but i guess i wasn t worth what i would cost her so the night has brought me to this coral reef so down to the water i will come to raise for her this castle with my hands and steal away before the morning sun cause i don t need her love to love her all i can no no so night on night and year on year well i worked until my hands no longer bled and i let the ocean bear away my tears so that she would know that i could love her best and a desert s just a sea without a shore and a lonely man at worst is still a man and i ain t gonna cry for her no more cause i don t need her love to love her all i can no no i often dreamed i saw her face among the people who d come to see the coral fortress i had built but it may as well have been another seagull and the castle is there waiting for her still so down to the water i will come to wander through this castle on the sand and steal away before the morning sun cause i don t need her love to love her all i can well i don t need her love to love her all i can no no