Living on cold island   Your mail comes on the wind   Messages and memories   Of all the things you've been      Living on cold island   You can't forget the rain   Remembering the long roads   You'll have to try again      And it's always on your mind   (And it's always on your mind)   And the grinding of the stone   (And the grinding of the stone)   Never getting home      Living on cold island   The love comes second hand   Formulas with fantasies   You do the best you can      Living on cold island   You can't keep out the pain   Recalling all the hard miles   You'll have to swim again      I had too much to lose, I'm telling you   I did not choose this life on cold island      Living on cold island   The radio is faint   Victories and voices   Keep calling you a saint      Living on cold island   You can't escape the flames   Burning up the sunset   And spelling out your name      And it's always in your heart   (And it's always in your heart)   And the shining of the track   (And the shining of the track)   Never coming back