Write our vows upon the shore

You asked me to promise you that I’d never leave your side
but, baby, you’re setting me up tell you a lie.
Everyone loses someone, and they have to carry on.

I’m not sayin’ that I’m going to leave,
I’m just sayin’ I’m a human being
and nothing, nothing is written in stone.

But if you asked me if I’ll wipe your tears
or slay your dragons and soothe your fears,
then maybe I can promise that each night. 

CHORUS:
Let’s just write our vows upon the sand
and when it washes away, we’ll just do it again.
Promise me, let’s keep writing them down again. 

And if I ask you to hear me out,
to hear my excuses before you shout,
can you, at least, promise me that?

If I’m worried, will you soothe my fears,
slay a few of my demons throughout our years
together, perhaps our lives will grow entwined.

CHORUS:

If I ask you if you’ll ever leave my side,
tell me you aren’t falling for that same old lie. 
Don’t feel you should make me a promise that you can’t keep. 

When you’re in pain, what will I say,
if you tell me you can’t live this way,
anymore, tell me, will I understand?

CHORUS:

Someday, baby, one of us will fail to greet another day,
and the words we etched upon the sand will be carried far away,
but sometimes, the wind will bring them back again.

And when the loneliness comes in, like a tide every morn,
and the wind will whisper our names no more, and the sand is smooth and worn,
promise me it will be time to carry on.  Let’s turn loose, for it is time to carry on.
CHORUS with changes
Let’s just keep on writing our vows upon the sand shore
and when they wash away, let’s just write them down once more.
Promise me, let’s keep writing them down again.  And again.

No more promises, no more lies, no more waiting up until it’s time.  No, no,
We’ll live every drop of life we’ve got.  We won’t write words upon the shore,
we’ll run with everything we’ve got Oh, oh,  And when the time has come to go,
we’ll leave some love for those we know.

Not even the ocean can erase the love we’ve shown each other every day
when we wrote our vows upon the sandy shore.  Our loving ways
will be etched in our children’s hearts and minds.  Through them,

I guess we’ll get to stick around for a while, together forever entwined.