Ship on the Water

Verse

Crew was tired of fighting the storm

I stood on the rail with nothing but form

Sky turned gray into something more

Wind still howling through every door

Bare wooden wheel cracked in my hand

Saltwater stinging where it would stand

Every man I knew was standing tall

Never told them what they had to call

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear the keel start to bend?

Nothing left of me but this end

Tell me will it hold, tell me now?

If we ride it out until the glow

Chorus

Ship on the water, ship on the water

Bodies leaning into every splinter

Sun cuts through the black and I don't need more

This is where we were made for

Ship on the water, ship on the water

Every hand up, every single anchor

Light hits hard like a promise kept

Nothing left of me but this step

Verse

Ropes went slack when the mast gave way

No one screamed as the day broke gray

I saw shadows that had been my name

Drifting off like they never came

Furled sails catching on a breeze so slow

Nobody said it, nobody needs to know

Somebody's ghost still standing at the rail

Watching us ride something he can't fail

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel the keel start to bend?

Nothing left of me but this end

Tell me will it hold, tell me now?

If we ride it out until the glow

Chorus

Ship on the water, ship on the water

Bodies leaning into every splinter

Sun cuts through the black and I don't need more

This is where we were made for

Ship on the water, ship on the water

Every hand up, every single anchor

Light hits hard like a promise kept

Nothing left of me but this step

Bridge

Some men drown in waves they can't name

I drowned once and it wasn't my name

This isn't drowning, this is the tide

Turning black into something wide

Chorus

Ship on the water, ship on the water

Bodies leaning into every splinter

Sun cuts through the black and I don't need more

This is where we were made for

Ship on the water, ship on the water

Every hand up, every single anchor

Light hits hard like a promise kept

Nothing left of me but this step