The Island

by Bad Religion

From the album: True North

Track 15 of 16 on True North (2013).

Duration: 1:28

True North cover art

Lyrics for The Island

There's a world outside but I can't really make it There's a life to lead but I can't exactly fake it Yet the mood feels right But my island is sinking out of sight I made jetties so they'd catch all the sediment Removed the rocks and every impediment But the tide's rising high to wash away my island in the night The sheltering sky was to be my everlasting lullaby They said that islands were solid as bedrock Standing firm forevermore But over time even basement wastes away to the unrelenting shore There's a lonely seed waiting to be planted I've instructions but desire is wholly absent I'm just a petrel in the storm My island can't protect me anymore

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More from True North

  1. True North
  2. Past is Dead
  3. Robin Hood in Reverse
  4. Land of Endless Greed
  5. Fuck You
  6. Dharma and the Bomb
  7. Hello Cruel World
  8. Vanity
  9. In Their Hearts is Right
  10. Crisis Time
  11. Dept. of False Hope
  12. Nothing To Dismay
  13. Popular Consensus
  14. My Head is Full of Ghosts
  15. The Island
  16. Changing Tide