Lyrics Amanda Palmer – In Harm’s Way

What I cannot see cannot be not untrue
Standing on the barrier of me and you are
Standing where the ocean meets the sand
We cross though we barely understand

What we cannot say cannot be not our fault
Searching for a harbor where the sharks don’t call
I’m waiting where the boats arrive at night
I see the ones before me disappearing into light

Why would you go when you could stay?
Why would you try when you could walk away?
Why should I care when you’re not mine?
Why would I care when you’re not even my kind?
Why would you stand when you could lie?
Why would you bother to find something kind to say?
Why would you bother to love your own neighbor?
And why would you bother to love your own brother?
And love’s so expensive these days

What I cannot do cannot be not undone
Blinking at the reef collapsing in the sunrise
Shining from this pamphlet in my hand
We cross as many fingers as we can
The grass keeps looking grayer as we find no place to land

What I cannot see cannot be not unseen
Standing on the barrier of you and me
Are standing where the ocean meets the land
We cross even though we understand
We cross even though we see the child in the sand

Why would you go when you could stay?
Why would you try when you could pass away?

Why would you bother to save your own child?
Why would you bother with all of this bother?
And why would you bother with all of these others?
When there’s always you you could save….
Why, what are you crazy?
Why would you stand in harm’s way?