Bonus Content: To the Sea

A song about the sea

© Jason Phelps 2019.

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Lyrics
To the sea, to the sea How I long to return to the sea Like the dolphins and whales before us I long to return to the sea

When I first laid my eyes on the ocean How it sprawled like a swallowing beast I was awestruck by fear and wonder As the sun rose above in the east

Not days later I sailed upon her As her call to me I quickly harked Though my guts were not also enamoured Tried to flee as soon as I’d embarked

To the sea, to the sea How I long to return to the sea Like the dolphins and whales before us I long to return to the sea

There’s a freedom that comes being shipbound Far away from the laws of the land Where the whole world unfurls before you From the reefs, to the corals, the sand

To the wind as it whips through your hair To the songs of the jolly corsairs To the bracing embrace of uncertain fate No, a life on land just can’t compare

To the sea, to the sea How I long to return to the sea Like the dolphins and whales before us I long to return to the sea

Well there’s many who’d stay on dry land For the sea has her tempers and moods But I coast on her rolling expanse Over any day spent in the woods

Though the pressures of life called me to the land My heart knows where it wants to be Now I’ve settled vendettas and tempers and more It time to return to the sea

To the sea, to the sea How I long to return to the sea Like the dolphins and whales before us I long to return to the sea