#71 THE DARK SEA OF LIFE
#71 THE DARK SEA OF LIFE
[Americana (Sea Shanty)]
The dark sea of life,
It soothes and it churns.
From harbor to far shores,
Waves roll as the sun burns.
Freight your calm and your strife,
On the dark sea of life.
First sailed her when young,
Her warm winds on my face,
Her sharp taste on my tongue,
Gliding from place to place.
Never the same port twice,
On the dark sea of life.
In long days and dark dreams,
We praise and we curse her,
In whispers and screams.
Kind mother, dark beast.
Each crossing comes with a price,
On the dark sea of life.
Her currents, her swells,
Pull the floating, roll the drowned.
All the secrets she tells,
To old barnacled crowns.
You'll find monsters and ice
In the dark sea of life.
Took my son, took my brother.
Scream out as I sail her:
"You'll not get another,"
"Take me next instead."
Let me sink straight down,
And the dark sea take my life.
The dark sea of life,
Laughs at what you planned.
I learned in storm and hunger,
Through tears and shaking hands.
We all get one trip, not twice,
On this dark sea of life.