If the sun is to set

To leave us dark with regret

I will work up the strength

To pull our earth back round again

And if the ocean should freeze

Before we've sailed all the seas

I will drop to my knees

Until Poseidon agrees



We could build an island

You and I could swim beside

Where we could ride the tides

Until we fall asleep at night

(x2)



If you get scared of the space

Between now and those days

Then I will take you away

Somewhere fear has no place

We'd make ashes of our clothes

And grow a garden out of those

And watch the water as it rose

To bring the ocean to our toes



We could build an island

You and I could swim beside

Where we could ride the tides

Until we fall asleep at night

(x2)



It's true

Distance just makes my heart grow for you

And everything I want for us to do

To build an island between me and you

Build an island between me and you



We could build an island

You and I could swim beside

And we could ride the tides

Until we fall asleep



We could build an island

You and I could swim beside

Where we could ride the tides

Until we fall asleep at night

(x2)



We could build an island

We could ride the tides

Oh, we could build an island

Until we fall asleep at night...