On the other side of the world is an island,
The shape of a woman
And I know this place
From there, there is no escape
Y'know she held me
Not too tight for she would break me
Not too loose for I would slip away
To the other side of the world
Y'know she held me
Like I could leave at any time
And I could breathe into the wire
And tell myself I'm free
When it turned under my feet
And the buildings and the trees left with the wind
Left me standing
In a dirty city street, where I'm a stranger to everyone
And everyone is a stranger to me
If I could talk to you darlin'
I'd tell you all the things I could never say
Of how you hid those tears away from me
Like I couldn't hear
For I love you through this wilderness
I'll love you through the sh**
I loved you through the best times that there ever was
From the other side of the world
When it turned under my feet
And the buildings and the trees left with the wind
Left me standing
Now I'm shouting at satellites
Screaming down the wires
To find you
On the other side of the world is an island,
The shape of a woman
And I know this place
I know this place