Verse 1 A sight to behold, so sleek and so strong. So beautiful dancing to the wind's song. Tall as the sky with a spirit that couldn't be bowed, She guided me forth to places unknown
Verse 2 For thirty years we traded and fought I had many wives but she bore my heart. Until one day the horizon grew dark. A jealous sea growled and the sky came apart
She and I fought the relentless squall I gave all I could but the sea wanted it all A flash split the sky high above her mast Night turned day as she shuddered from the blast
Chorus Until the end she'll be at my side. Into the darkness she'll be my light.
Verse 3 I tread upon the swells, all my hope torn from me. Lit by the flames of my stricken lady. As the night lingered she slipped down to her end. Leaving me with only my waning strength.
Just then I felt something rise from the deep - Her figurehead floating within arm's reach I held on to her tight until dawn broke And unveiled a ship drawn by her smoke