Mirage on the Marina

Marina lights are trembling

On the backs of sleeping boats.

You trace a line along the railing Like a message no one

wrote. The hotel glows behind us,

All glass and golden air.

I ask if you believe in magic,

You say, "Only when it's rare." The water makes a second sky,

The yachts become a dream.

You are closer than the moonlight,

Further than you seem.

Mirage on the marina,

Shimmering in blue. Are you real enough to hold me?

Am I real enough for you?

Mirage on the marina,

Love is shining out of view.

If we vanish with the daylight,

Let the water keep the clue.

We hear music from a party

On a deck across the tide.

Someone raises up a glass there,

Someone throws their arms out wide.

You say summers make us careless,

I say maybe care is pain.

Then we kiss beneath the mast lights And become the heat again.

The water makes a second sky,

The yachts become a dream.

You are closer than the moonlight,

Further than you seem.

Mirage on the marina,

Shimmering in blue. Are you real enough to hold me?

Am I real enough for you?

Mirage on the marina,

Love is shining out of view.

If we vanish with the daylight,

Let the water keep the clue.

Sail lights, soft lies,

Salt wind in your hair.

If the moment isn't solid,

It is still enough to share.

Mirage on the marina,

Shimmering in blue. Are you real enough to hold me?

Am I real enough for you?

Mirage on the marina,

Love is shining out of view.

If we vanish with the daylight,

Let the water keep the clue.