I didn't come here to watch the waves.
I didn't come here to paint the sky.
I came here for a new life,
    and adventure;
        ...I guess this is adventure....

I'm running from the haunted waters.
I'm running from a gift I'll never have again.
I didn't think too much about the 'to',
    just the from;
        ...I guess this is adventure....

I know what it is to fly on scarlet feathers.
I know what it is to drown in scarlet waves.
I know what it is to lose a gift
    beyond price;
        ...I guess this is adventure....

I'm putting on the cheerful youngling mask.
I'm putting on a cloak to stop the fear.
I can't stop shivering ever,
    in this town;
        ...I guess this is adventure....

I wish I'd never met my cataclysm.
I wish I'd never been quite born at all.
I wish I'd never longed to find
    adventure;
        ...I guess this is adventure....

I'll lift my sword and shield, and call my spells.
I'll lift my head and dry my tearstained eyes.
I'll somewhere find a purpose worth a life,
    worth my life;
        ...I guess this is adventure....

I wish that I could keep this mask in place.
I wish that I weren't quite so overwhelmed.
I wish that I weren't dying deep inside
    to explain;
        ...I guess this is adventure....

And you look at me
    As if I weren't condemned...
And you look at me
    As if I were a friend....

And if I spoke and opened up your eyes,
    And if I made my bleeding silence clear,
        And if I opened up my broken eyes
            To find you sitting very near....

...well, so much for adventure.