Andrew Peterson - The Coral Castle lyrics

Late one night I had a notion
An epiphany would be a better word
So I stumbled in the dark down to the ocean
And I pulled my broken heart out of the surf

I had told her I did not have much to offer
And I had told her I would
Treat her like a queen
But, I guess I wasn't worth
What I would cost her
So the night has brought me
To this coral reef

So down to the water I will come
To raise for her this castle with my hands
And steal away before the morning sun
'Cause, I don't need her love to
Love her all I can, no no

So night on night and year on year
Well, I worked until my hands no longer bled
And I let the ocean bear away my tears
So that she would know that
I could love her best

And a desert's just a sea without a shore
And a lonely man, at worst, is still a man
And I ain't gonna cry for her no more
'Cause, I don't need her love to
Love her all I can, no no

I often dreamed I saw her
Face among the people
Who'd come to see the coral
Fortress I had built
But it may as well have been another seagull
And the castle is there waiting for her still

So down to the water I will come
To wander through this castle on the sand
And steal away before the morning sun
'Cause, I don't need her love to
Love her all I can
Well I don't need her love to
Love her all I can, no no