We were kings of a borrowed shoreline
Cooler sweating through dollar wine
Salt on our cuffs, sand in our sleeves
Swearing the world was ours to keep
We burned through nights like driftwood flame
Half of us ghosts, half still the same
Some names faded with the pier
Some still ring in my ear
Raise a glass to the long way round
To the ground we lost and the ground we found
To the scars that never quite disappear
And the ones still standing here
No spotlight, no grand parade
Just the dues we paid and the love we made
If this is all we get
It's enough tonight
We've watched the tide take youth away
Like footprints gone at break of day
Traded speed for a steadier hand
For knowing when to stay, when to stand
There's silver threading through our hair
Like moonlight caught in ocean air
We don't chase what we once chased
But nothing good was ever wasted
Raise a glass to the long way round
To the ground we lost and the ground we found
To the scars that never quite disappear
And the ones still standing here
No spotlight, no grand parade
Just the dues we paid and the love we made
If this is all we get
It's enough tonight
We were thunder on an open dock
All fast hearts and ticking clocks
Now we move like the evening breeze
Still got salt in the memories
Raise a glass to the long way round
To the ground we lost and the ground we found
To the scars that never quite disappear
And the ones still standing here
No spotlight, no grand parade
Just the dues we paid and the love we made
If this is all we get
It's enough tonight