The Long Water

Salt on my hands where the harbor lights faded Left every name

that I loved on the shore I swore to the stars I'd

come back like I promised Now the stars don't remember my name

anymore

The maps run out past the edge of the daylight Still I

sail on where no compass has been I carry their faces like

stones in my pockets So the sea can't forget who I am

So let the black water rise

Let the thunder call my name

I've got nothing left to lose

But the fire, but the flame

I am the ghost on the bow of a broken ship I

am the storm that the ocean can't forgive

Carry me home on the back of the tide Or bury me

deep where the drowned men hide

This is the voyage that swallows a man whole I'll fight every

wave till I fight my way home THROUGH THE LONG WATER —

I'M STILL ALIVE

THROUGH THE LONG WATER — I SURVIVE

Six hundred nights and the crew's gone silent Half of the names

on the roster are gone The captain don't speak but his eyes

tell the story We're chasing a shore that keeps running along I

dream of the harbor,

the smoke and the candles The weight of a hand I once

held in mine But the sea is a debt and she don't

forgive easy So I pay her in years,

pay her in time

So let the black water rise Let the thunder call my name

I've got nothing left to lose But the fire,

but the flame

I am the ghost on the bow of a broken ship I

am the storm that the ocean can't forgive Carry me home on

the back of the tide Or bury me deep where the drowned

men hide This is the voyage that swallows a man whole I'll

fight every wave till I fight my way home THROUGH THE LONG

WATER — I'M STILL ALIVE THROUGH THE LONG WATER — I SURVIVE (quiet)

If I don't make the harbor

If the deep takes me down Tell them I fought like a

man Not a ghost,

not a drowned crown (building) Tell them I saw it — the

edge of the world And I didn't turn back,

no, I didn't turn back—

I am the ghost on the bow of a broken ship I

am the storm that the ocean can't forgive Carry me home on

the back of the tide I'm the one who survived,

I'm the one who survived!

This is the voyage that swallows a man whole I fought every

wave and I FOUGHT MY WAY HOME THROUGH THE LONG WATER —

I'M STILL ALIVE THROUGH THE LONG WATER —

I SURVIVED

Salt on my hands...

I made it home. (ooh)