How come you're always late for your arrival   You know I forgive you every single time      Oh retreat, retreat, I've fallen at the low tide   Oh retreat, retreat and meet me by the quayside      In the end all you can hope for   Is the love you've found to equal the pain you've gone through      Are your eyes showing off for mine   Your face in my hands is everything that I need      A system's put in place, put there to protect us   For you I throw a lifeline every time      Oh Retreat, retreat, I've fallen at the low tide   Now retreat, retreat and meet me by the quayside      In the end all you can hope for   Is the love you've found to equal the pain you've gone through      Are your eyes showing off for mine   Your face in my hands is everything I need      Bones, starved of flesh   Surround an aching heart   Full of love      Oh bones, starved of flesh   Surround an aching heart   Full of love      Retreat   Retreat      Retreat, retreat   Retreat, retreat      Retreat, retreat, I've fallen by the low tide   Retreat, retreat and meet me by the quayside   Oh retreat, retreat, I've fallen at the low tide   Retreat, retreat and meet me by the quayside