CAPTAIN

In the middle of this ocean, I am shipwrecked in terror.
Both arms are broken, I am burning in the sun.
I see in the distance, I know You are coming,
But wave after wave, I am surely done.

Navigator, O Captain of the ship!
Please pick me up, carry me along.
Throw me the lifeline, I will wrap it around me.
Please pick me up, carry me along.

How did I get here, what caused this trouble?
Could it have been this craving in my heart?
Was I on the beach, did I fall from the sky?
Have I always been alone, where did it start?

Navigator, O Captain of the ship!
Please pick me up, carry me along.
Throw me the lifeline, I will wrap it around me.
Please pick me up, carry me along.

I know only wrong, I write cynical songs,
Yet You give me the lifeline though I am drowning alone.
You don't have a throng, yet You always help me along.
Navigator, Master, Your boat is so strong.

Navigator, O Captain of the ship!
Please pick me up, carry me along.
Throw me the lifeline, I will wrap it around me.
Please pick me up, carry me along.