G
and the songs about the sea keep washing over me
Em
I have been lost for a long time
C G D
I've been late for the world that's gone in the blink of an eye
G
but the questions they come, just when you go
Em
and the tides they go out, the ships they come in
C G D
I say it's all a wash, but it's washing over my life
G
so bring me a dream, tell me a story
Em
I'm lost without sleep, I'm lost when I'm sleeping
C G D
the sound of the sea singing one thousand goodbyes
G
and the songs about the sea keep washing over me
Em
I have been lost, but I have been brave
C G D
I've been saving my sight, the better to see how you shine
G
and a ship's not a stone, nor cannon, nor castle
Em
no blood on my tongue, just salt in the water
C G D
just so you know, just so you know you're alive
G
and sometimes I'm a sail, skimming oe'r the water
Em
gone far from the shore, gone like the others
C G D
and full of the sound of wind over water we fly
G
and the songs of the sea keep washing over me
Em
I can't wake up, and I cannot dream
C G D
of no dream but this one dream til the day that I die
G
and sometimes a ship breaks on the shoreline
Em
the sea never does, it just keeps on singing
C G D
the moon into tides, the land into water all night
G
and if I'm a sail, then where is the wind from
Em
and if I'm the wind then where is the wind from
C G D
and I cannot tell, it's all in the ocean I find
G
and the songs about the sea keep washing over me
Em
I have been here, all the long time
C G D
and when I was feared lost, I was just lost in your mind
G
and still there are ships, sailing the sea
Em
and still there are stars, over the water
G
and still there are ships, sailing the sea
Em
still there are stars, over the water...
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