Ghost of a Sailor

I was a sailor, salt and bone,

The restless sea my only home.

That storm came fast, it took us down,

No soul survived, no word, no sound.

The deck split wide, I lost my breath,

I felt the grip of ocean death.

I sank where sunlight never stays,

Then woke beneath the darkened waves.

(Chorus one)

I hear no wind, no gulls that cry,

Just silent waves that drift me by.

If I am lost, then why feel free,

Why does the deep keep holding me.

An orca swam beside me slow,

Its silent eyes seemed all to know.

I breathed the deep like it was air,

As if I still belonged down there.

I speak like I’m still sailing free,

Still map my course across the sea.

But something’s wrong I can’t deny,

No need for air, no need to cry.

(Chorus 2)

I feel no breath, no beating heart,

Just drifting through the endless dark.

The tide won’t pull me back to shore,

I think I’ve died… of this I am sure.

Bridge

It stays with me through black and blue

A ghost that knows what I once knew

Or maybe I’m the ghost it keeps

Another soul the ocean keeps

(Final Chorus)

I hear no wind, no gulls that cry,

Just silent waves that drift me by.

If I am lost, then why feel free,

Why does the deep keep holding me.

I feel no breath, no beating heart,

Just drifting through the endless dark.

The tide won’t pull me back to shore,

I think I’ve died… of this I am sure.

I feel no breath, no beating heart,

Just drifting through the endless dark.

The tide won’t pull me back to shore,

I think I’ve died… of this I am sure.