The Sea Won’T Let Me Home

Just one more crossing. Left that shore with the dawn's first light Her hand in mine, holding tight Said I'd be back before the fall Didn't think I'd miss it all She wore white by the harbor rail Watch me drift past the final sail I swore on wind, I swore on foam I'll ride this tide, then I'm coming home The sea don't bend to a promise made And the tide don't care for the plans we laid The sea won't let me home No matter how I steer Every mile I roam Just pulls me far Let me go, no matter what I say I chase that distant shore But it drags me the other way Storm rolling like a thief at night tore the mast and killed the light lost to men to a black wave's hand buried hope in the shifting sand every port just feels the same different face but I call her name every road leads back to blue and none of them I follow stars that used to guide Now they drift just like the tide The sea won't let me home No matter how I steer Every mile I roam Just pulls me far If I fall before I see her face Tell her I never left that place Let me home But I still fight the wave If I die out here alone Let her know I stay brave The sea won't let me go But I'll sell till I'm gone With a name in every storm Till the last light of dawn I'm still coming