In Harm's Way - Amanda Palmer

What I cannot see cannot be not untrue

Standing on the barrier of me and you are

Standing where the ocean meets the sand

We cross though we barely understand

The grass is always greener on the land

What we cannot say cannot be not our fault

Searching for a harbor where the sharks don’t call

I’m waiting where the boats arrive at night

I see the ones before me disappearing into light

Why would you go?

When you could stay?

Why would you try?

When you could walk away?

Why should I care when you’re not mine?

Why would I care when you’re not even my kind?

Why would you stand when you could lie?

Why would you bother to find something kind to say?

Why would you bother to love your own neighbor?

And why would you bother to love your own brother?

Love’s so expensive these days

What I cannot do cannot be not undone

Blinking at the reef collapsing in the sunrise

Shining from this pamphlet in my hand

We cross as many fingers as we can

The grass keeps looking grayer as we find no place to land

What I cannot see can not be not unseen

Standing on the barrier

Of you and me

Are standing where the ocean meets the land

We cross even though we understand

We cross even though we see the child in the sand

Why would you go

When you could stay?

Why would you try

When you could cast away?

Why would I care

When you’re not mine?

Why would I care

When you’re not even my kind?

Why would you stand

When you could lie?

Why would you bother to find something kind to say?

Why would you bother to save your own neighbor?

And why would you bother to save your own brother?

Why would you bother to save your own child?

Why would you bother with all of this bother?

And why would you bother with all of these others

When there’s always you you could save?

What are you crazy?

Why would you stand in harm’s way?