Sailors Arms

Alone and adrift motionless For thousands of leagues Empty signal for days no word From the guard on the receiver Trade concealment of fear For the inducement of men Eyes to the wind, sailors arms When there is no one left to face The tides that come, mark my words Clear the hold, set the rudder But don't deploy Stem to stern, wake the men Check the gun decks For things to employ And when seconds turn to hours As the bough pulls us leeward away It may cost our souls But we may have something To pay the devil today I've remained, I recall when Our only burden was time Disregard all the noises Of the roaring water outside But for now we are tied By the consternation of men Stand inside what you fear So that you can be found again No we're never alone No we're never alone No we're never alone No we're never alone Conway came in Said somethin's come through With the guard on the line The crew feels renewed With a hull's worth or less If we have to even row Cause there still may be time For the lighthouse to show I refrain, I recoil from The visions I've seen in the ice Playing games with men's lives By the toss of a dead man's die If we fall before Ryde It was done on our own accord Pull the chain, hoist the sail Bear down for the route to shore No we're never alone No we're never alone No we're never alone No we're never alone The ballast is full, we still Have the main sail This looks pretty dire If I'm honest She's lost a few spars And planks have decayed But hope holds us above The hurtles of hell below So steady the hull For we may still make the coast And the strength of men is forged When you push back against the tide Send your love across the waves For our story will travel far How we sacrificed it all That's how we're remembered today Sallowed skin, jaundiced eyes Hold closely the time you've spent Break away from the sea And start over once again Clear the rocks from the deck And mobilize the rest We have not yet begun To face an honest test Plug the holes, hold the lines Raise the winch up to the sky Yes we've come to decide Death's pitch will wait another night Pull the ace from the deck For the day can still be won Rules are made of the sea From which you cannot outrun Senses yearn for a sign Beyond Dover's cliffs of white Sneaking through the dawn's rise In the warmth of her blazing light We alone must oppose The malice of the storm Pull the sword from the stone Close your eyes and you are home