"Surfer's Journal" lyrics

Stood up too fast, drop and move
Switch the back foot and I curve up into it
Then the lip hits me
And I'm down and I'm under
And I'm caught inside
Not my time to ride

I came here to discover what was on my mind
No use in changing my reasons
I leave 'em all behind
You and me we were something
Then we were something else
No anticipation or precipitation to the way I felt
I guess I came here because I was on fire and I don't wanna burn
They say that every revolution is also a return
The sea is my nation, my first country and when it takes me I will surely die happy
I put my hand in the water and in a way I wave goodbye

Wave stands with green light through it
And a slow carve to the right
Cross-step forward
Across the green-blue wall

If I was a mystic
I'd say our lives
Were bound together
In this life and the next
And if I was
A gambling man
Which I am
I'd say the odds are even
Better than the best

Energy downwards
And I'm crouching
Energy downwards
As I ride the wave
Energy downwards
And I'm flying
Energy downwards

Whenever you're close to me
You're nose to nose to me
Everything flows to me
I got blood in my clothes for thee

Tell me of your secret life
Did I see you in Goldeneye?
Who's behind the beholding eye?
Surely someone else, not I

I know nothing is owed to me
Can you decode the code for me?
Is that North Dakota I see
From high above the sequoia trees?

Oh, baby, I'm flying now
I'm not even trying now
Why is everyone crying now?
Oh, baby, I'm flying now

Stood up too fast