Landlocked

Landlocked

Alone in this ghost ship of a quiet house

Floorboards talk like waves rollin' under me now

I used to chase the edges of every sundown

Now they hang on these walls like stories worn down

Kids grew fast like sparks flyin' off a steel line

Shot into the world, chasin' dreams bigger than mine

Proud as hell but the quiet cuts deep sometimes

Like a low tide pullin' at an old man's spine

This place they once shook with their noise and fire

Boots in the hallway, hearts runnin' wild and higher

Now it's calm seas, a little too still some nights

Where a man hears echoes and turns on the lights

But I'm landlocked

Still feel the ocean in my bones

Reveille hits and I stand alone

Taps drifts soft past the yard and the stones

And that flag out front in the wind hangs on

Callin' my kids back when the road feels long

Coffee steams like an engine warmin' slow

Mornings land harder with nowhere to go

But these dings in the drywall and marks on the floor

Are the trail of the days I'd live ten times more

Some men miss the sea

Some men miss the saddle

I miss the thunder of little feet

And the harmless battles

But peace has a pull like an evening tide

And it's carried me here where memories ride

Yeah, I'm landlocked

But anchored in love that won't let go

Reveille hits and I stand alone

Taps drifts quiet through the dusk's red glow

And that flag out front still waves 'em home

Any time they feel the world too cold

This landlocked heart ain't stranded

Still ridin' the tides inside.