Here, we are on a boat out on the sea   Off the coast of Africa   Heading for peaceful shores   With a cast of strangers to an island hideaway      Ooh, I hear you tellin' me of the place we soon will be   A rebirth from life's demise   Where the world is still, it's ideal   Anything you dream is real, it's Hotel Paradise      And you say it's nice when you run to Lamu, far away   Leave the pain far behind you hoping it won't find you   In Lamu, far away you say it's there that you can run   From the one inside of you      So, here we are on an island in the sea   Near the coast of Africa   And when it's right, Lamu nights   They can be so inviting Heaven here on Earth      But I hear you telling me, this is everything you need   Well, I don't think it's true   'Cause the way you feel isn't real   You attempt to try and fill the void that's digging through      And it's killing you, when you run to Lamu, far away   Though that pain was behind you it can even find you   In Lamu, far away because you never can run   From the one inside of you      I hear you tellin' me of the place we soon will be   A rebirth from life's demise   Where the world is still, it's a ideal   Anything you dream is real, it's Hotel Paradise      And you say it's nice when you run to Lamu, far away   Leave the pain far behind you hoping it won't find you   In Lamu, far away though that pain was behind you   It can even find you in Lamu, far away   Because you never can run, from the one inside of you