I saw a woman by the shore Her feet half buried in the sand As waves were lappin', sun was nappin' She was cryin' for her man And with a tear she dropped And never stopped And told of how this misery began
Each day for seven years She'd walked the beach in case she saw A heaving ship returning, fat with riches Headed for the shore With needless wealth And the one man That she'd been longin' for
No clue was given of The crew of her lover's cursed ship A simple voyage of discovery A three-year round-trip Sullen hope had never yielded So she knelt with quivering lip
So there the woman by the shore Her knees half buried in the sand As waves were lappin', sun was nappin' She was searchin' for her man With a final tear she stopped And I began to understand.
This underwater tomb is keeping me from you While my decaying body festers, my soul will never rest And though I long to see your face this sunken ships'deck I must pace Remaining Shackled by this chains forever and a day
And though you may cry yet You must endeavor to forget me So when you learn of my demise Your soul can rise
The setting of the sun was fire Her face a crimson red Her bloodshot eyes staring toward the beheaded figurehead Disfigured, dismembered But remembered in his stead.
This underwater tomb is keeping me from you While my decaying body festers, my soul will never rest And though I long to see your face this sunken ships'deck I must pace Remaining Shackled by this chains forever and a day
And though you may cry yet You must endeavor to forget me So when you learn of my demise Your soul can rise
Now seven years of doubt Have left her face by time betrayed Unraveled dreams of a past life with her man becoming frayed With a tear she dropped into the sea As hope began to fade