I cast a bottle in the sea
to ride upon the waves' white crest
and find a shore so far from me
where it could take its journey's rest.

While standing on familiar ground,
I cast a bottle in the sea,
and hoped my vessel would be bound
to lands alive with mystery.

I felt I had no way to flee
entanglement from things mundane.
I cast a bottle in the sea,
my dreams caught up within my aim.

No matter where the distant strands
my bottle lands and dreams might be,
I've held my hopes within my hands
and cast a bottle in the sea.