Every breaking wave on the shore
Tells the next one there'll be one more
Every gambler knows that to lose
Is what you're really there for

Summer I was fearless
Now, I speak into an answer phone
Like every falling leaf on the breeze
Winter wouldn't leave it alone, alone

If you go
If you go your way and I go mine
Are we so
Are we so helpless against the tide?

Baby, every dog on the street
Knows that we're in love with defeat
Are we ready to be swept off our feet
And stop chasing

Every breaking wave?
Every sailor knows that the sea
Is a friend made enemy
Every shipwrecked soul knows what it is

To live without intimacy
I thought I heard the captain's voice
It's hard to listen while you preach
Like every broken wave on the shore

This is as far as I could reach
If you go
If you go your way and I go mine
Are we so

Are we so helpless against the tide?
Baby, every dog on the street
Knows that we're in love with defeat
Are we ready to be swept off our feet

And stop chasing
Every breaking wave?
The sea knows where are the rocks
And drowning is no sin

You know where my heart is
The same place that yours has been
We know that we fear to win
And so we end before we begin

Before we begin
If you go
If you go your way and I go mine
Are we so

Are we so helpless against the tide?
Baby, every dog on the street
Knows that we're in love with defeat
Are we ready to be swept off our feet

And stop chasing
Every breaking wave?