Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
The harbor lights were fading slow
Silver shadows on the road
You said the tide was turning west
But never told me all the rest
The radio played an odd sound tune.
Beneath a pale and broken moon
I watched the shoreline disappear
Like something I could almost feel
[Pre-Chorus]
Every face was looking through me
Every sign was hard to read
[Chorus]
I'm leaving Kontiqi tonight
Chasing my mind through the night
The wind remembers every name
But nothing here remains the same
I'm leaving Kontiqi behind
With a thousand questions on my mind
Was it a place or just a dream?
It slips away like smoking steam
[Verse 2]
A stranger sleeping by the sea
Said he knew what waits for me
He drew a circle in the sand
Then vanished with the marching band
The streets were full of carnival ghosts
And voices from stormy coasts
Everybody seemed to know
Something they would never show
[Pre-Chorus]
Every doorway led to nowhere
Every answer came too late
[Chorus]
I'm leaving Kontiqi tonight
Chasing my mind through the night
The wind remembers every name
But nothing here remains the same
I'm leaving Kontiqi behind
With a thousand questions on my mind
Was it a place or just a dream?
It slips away like smoking steam
[Bridge]
And if you ask me where it was
I couldn't point it on a map
Somewhere between the sea and silence
Somewhere I can never get back
The stars above the eastern water
Still shine through my memory
And sometimes when the night grows colder
Kontiqi might be there again
[Final Chorus]
I'm leaving Kontiqi tonight
Watching dawn erase the stars
The wind remembers every name
But nothing here remains the same
I'm leaving Kontiqi behind
Still hearing music in my mind
Was it a place or just a dream?
No one knows what Kontiqi means
[Verse 1]
The harbor lights were fading slow
Silver shadows on the road
You said the tide was turning west
But never told me all the rest
The radio played an odd sound tune.
Beneath a pale and broken moon
I watched the shoreline disappear
Like something I could almost feel
[Pre-Chorus]
Every face was looking through me
Every sign was hard to read
[Chorus]
I'm leaving Kontiqi tonight
Chasing my mind through the night
The wind remembers every name
But nothing here remains the same
I'm leaving Kontiqi behind
With a thousand questions on my mind
Was it a place or just a dream?
It slips away like smoking steam
[Verse 2]
A stranger sleeping by the sea
Said he knew what waits for me
He drew a circle in the sand
Then vanished with the marching band
The streets were full of carnival ghosts
And voices from stormy coasts
Everybody seemed to know
Something they would never show
[Pre-Chorus]
Every doorway led to nowhere
Every answer came too late
[Chorus]
I'm leaving Kontiqi tonight
Chasing my mind through the night
The wind remembers every name
But nothing here remains the same
I'm leaving Kontiqi behind
With a thousand questions on my mind
Was it a place or just a dream?
It slips away like smoking steam
[Bridge]
And if you ask me where it was
I couldn't point it on a map
Somewhere between the sea and silence
Somewhere I can never get back
The stars above the eastern water
Still shine through my memory
And sometimes when the night grows colder
Kontiqi might be there again
[Final Chorus]
I'm leaving Kontiqi tonight
Watching dawn erase the stars
The wind remembers every name
But nothing here remains the same
I'm leaving Kontiqi behind
Still hearing music in my mind
Was it a place or just a dream?
No one knows what Kontiqi means