Siren Song

Siren Song

[Verse 1] Mist rose white from the water Like breath from a sleeping mouth The wind fell back behind us And the current turned us south

No island showed its branches No fire marked the stone Only voices over distance Calling each man alone

[Pre-Chorus] They did not sing of pleasure They did not sing of gold They sang the shape of every wound A man had never told

[Chorus] Sing to me From the rocks beyond the foam Sing to me Of the names I left at home I am bound, but I am listening I am lost, but I belong Let the sea rise up around me I will know the siren song

[Verse 2] They knew the smoke of Troy They knew the blood beneath my nails They knew the boy in Ithaca Who watched the empty sails

They knew the wife at evening With a lamp against the rain They knew the man I used to be Before I learned my name

[Pre-Chorus] Every truth became a silver hook Every note became a door And the more I begged for silence The more I wanted more

[Chorus] Sing to me From the rocks beyond the foam Sing to me Of the names I left at home I am bound, but I am listening I am lost, but I belong Let the sea rise up around me I will know the siren song

[Bridge] Tie me harder to the timber Let the rope remember bone There are songs that do not kill you Until they make you feel alone

I have crossed the house of shadow I have heard the bloodless speak But no ghost below the black earth Ever sounded half so sweet

[Instrumental Break]

[Final Chorus] Sing to me From the rocks beyond the foam Sing to me Of the shore I cannot own I am bound, but I am breaking I am lost, but I belong Let the dawn come torn and bleeding I have heard the siren song

[Outro] When the voices fell behind us The sea returned to grey But a silence shaped like music Followed all the way