the spill canvas
the tide
And there's three, count 'em three Children playing on the beach They were eager to learn, To be taught and to teach  There's Veronica She's biting her lip As she watches the waves turn white at the tip And there's Vada Radiating with joy And luckily she still can't stand the sight of a boy And lastly there's Dade His hair dances in the wind And he's wondering what love is And why it has to end  And he can't understand How everyone goes on breathing when true love ends His mother whispers quietly... Heaven's not a place that you go when you die It's that moment in life when you actually feel alive So live for the moment And take this advice, live by every word Love is just a hoax so forget anything that you have heard And live for the moment now  And there's three, count 'em three Children growing on the beach They were eager to learn, To be taught and to teach  There's Veronica She's licking her lips As she waits for her real, first passionate kiss And there's Vada Can't admit her jealousy Of her sister Veronica, and how she's so pretty (and how she's so pretty) Lastly there's Dade Still sitting on the dock Ponders his life, and he skips his rocks And he wonders when his father will return But he's not coming back  And he can't understand How everyone goes on breathing when true love ends His mother whispers quietly... Heaven's not a place that you go when you die It's that moment in life when you actually feel alive So live for the moment And take this advice, live by every word Love is just a hoax so forget everything that you have heard (forget everything)  And there's three, count 'em three Children missing from the beach They were eager to learn, To be taught and to teach  But the sad thing Is that they never lived passed the age of fifteen Due to neglect from their mother Who was bed ridden by her ex-lover, their father She didn't even notice, or pay much attention As the tide came in and swept her three into the ocean Now all her advice, it seems useless  No, heaven's not a place that you go when you die It's that moment in life when you touch her and you feel alive So live for the moment And take this advice, live by every word Love's completely real, so forget anything that you've heard And live for the moment now