Sail on now, out into darkness Oh my boys How these black waters rise
Sail on, with a thousand Goodbyes burning Back across the shore line
And silently we’ll watch The buildings tumble Grey tattered steel hung across the horizon
I keep my eyes far From the city Where the sad sun rises Only to set
And who is this Who walks beside us, Cloaked in sorrow And in tears? His voice it whispers In our ears But when we listen There is no one there For us to hear
Sail on now, into black waters Leave your dreaming for awhile Sail on now into silence Out into nothing …I suppose
Sail on into darkness Oh my love How these black waters rise
Sail on now into the silence That waits in turn For the word to speak
Sail on though hope shall not hold us As the night comes on I will wrap around you All the light That I can hold All the light now That I can bleed
Sail on now into nothing Leave your harbor safe and warm It’s tattered sails and cardboard ships Only play host to the starving ghosts
And who is this who stands beside us Known in emptiness and in blood