There's a wilderness   It's a no man's land   Between alice springs and the ocean   Seventeen hundred miles of burning sand   And a silken thread keeps a hold on you   When the emptieness like a potion tends to fray your reason strand by strand   And there's no more need for the mask your wear   When the last goodbyes have been said   So kiss the cheeks of you dearest friends   And turn to the desert ahead   Now you're on your own like a sailing ship   You're the captain, crew and sailors   Turn around and this is what you see      Chorus      This me facing me all alone   'cause I choose to be with the wind and the sun on me only me      Now you dream so much about being lost   Your ghost by a coolebah sleeping   Haunts you and whispers in your ear   Give up give up this lonely road   No one knows the promise you're keeping   You can't touch the emptiness out here   But the grace that mends this broken wing   The blue sky to regain   Will lift those feet and raise those eyes   To face the desert again   As the dawn reveals the journey's end   In truth it's only beginning   And it's as big as your eyes wish to see      Chorus