Sand in the Wind

Waves crash hard on a fractured shore
I’m chasing seconds I can’t hold anymore
Every promise slips right through my hands
Like sand in the wind across these lands

Is this real or just another layer deep
A shadow play while I’m half asleep
I scream your name into the endless night
But echoes fade before they find the light

We’re living in a dream inside a dream
Nothing’s solid, nothing’s what it seems
I grip the moment tight but it’s gone
Washed away before the break of dawn
Before the break of dawn

Neon lights blur in the pouring rain
I reach for truth but it slips again
Every heartbeat feels like borrowed time
A fragile thread unraveling in my mind

We’re living in a dream inside a dream
Faces blur in the flickering stream
I fight to keep it but it’s already gone
Fading faster than the morning sun
Oh, the morning sun

Hope and grief both taste the same
A quiet war inside this hollow frame
I stand alone where the water meets the sky
Watching all my yesterdays say goodbye

We’re living in a dream inside a dream
Everything ends, nothing’s evergreen
I held you close but you slipped through my palms
Just grains of sand in the ocean’s arms

Every promise slips right through my hands
Like sand in the wind across these lands
Like sand in the wind across these lands
Like sand in the wind across these lands

©2026 Hugh Mungus