The Wine-Dark Sea

The Wine-Dark Sea

[Verse 1] The land became a shadow Low behind the oars Smoke dissolved in starlight And was ours no more

Black hulls moved in silence Through the breathing deep Every rope and timber Learning how to sleep

[Wordless Vocal] Ahh — over the water Mmm — under the stars Ohh — carry the silence Far from the scars

[Verse 2] No road beneath the body No gate against the rain Only dark water turning Over names and pain

The moon made broken silver On the wine-dark sea And the night leaned close around us Like a thing that would not speak

[Instrumental Passage]

[Wordless Vocal] Ahh — where the black waves wander Mmm — where the old winds rise Ohh — every sail remembers What the shore denies

[Verse 3] Some men dreamed of harbors Some men dreamed of fire Some men held the darkness Like a last desire

I watched the stars above us Tremble, fade, return And somewhere under silence The first cold current turned

[Bridge] Not lost Not home Only the pull of the foam

Not free Not bound Only the sea without sound

[Final Wordless Vocal] Ahh — over the water Mmm — under the stars Ohh — carry us onward Far from the scars

[Outro] The oars kept time with nothing The sails held night like breath And far beyond the lanterns The sea forgot the land