There where you are standing
At the edge of the continent
Pacific waves surge up and over
Splashing on the striated rockshore
Like a mirror image of what I see here
From the opposite side of the continent
Watching the Atlantic waves crash
Up against the rockledge coast
Three thousand miles between us
Each looking out at a different ocean
But I feel us standing back to back
As solid as the rock beneath us
What you are facing is enormous
Far from home in an unknown place
Brain surgery your only hope for a cure
Preparing to take your chances
As it will happen on my birthday
There's only one wish I have
May you come through this intact
And get your life back to before
