footprints in the sand
Footprints in the sand,
Knife through water,
Promises cut in stone,
Stone cut to the bone.
Promises are made with the mouth
But they’re done with the hand.
Sometimes a mouth will move a mountain
When a hand won’t even move a grain of sand.
You said you’d move heaven and earth
To stop me from sinking in sand.
The air you wrote it on wasn’t worth
A seven-high poker hand.
Footprints in the sand,
High tide on the way,
Promises cut in stone,
Only memories stay.
When you take the bull by the horns
And you stop it with your chest,
You might not get gored
But you come out second best.
No one ever said it was easy
To deliver on a promissory kiss.
You didn’t seem to be teasing.
Must have been something I missed.
Footprints in the sand,
Whirlwind setting down.
Promises cut in stone,
Stones blowing all around.
There’s glaciers and déjà vu,
Icebergs and arctic boulders,
But nothing can freeze you
Like a promise become a cold shoulder.
Footprints in the sand getting hard to follow.
What's the chance one of your promises
Will turn into one of my tomorrows?