Alex Clare - Ghost Ship lyrics

[Verse 1] Welcome to my ghost ship The one I resurrected like the Black Pearl And had it stay afloat in And from the day I boarded on this vessel I feel as though I've done a lap of every single ocean And the seven seas too, but I got the wind on my sails and a good crew Of men who grew up in the same neighborhood I knew And I will turn to sail to where the sky's forever blue Along the way I learned of lives I never knew And I can't shut my mouth, who am I to hide the truth But really, who am I, just a navigator Guided by the north star and now my time is due I'll keep floating down the river till you see a pale figure roll up saying how'd you do I'm like Columbus with the compa** So let me move [Hook] I've been rowing down the river so long And I don't even know where I belong It's hard to find the right life in this song It's like my head feels tired but my heart's still strong As life goes on, the river takes me different places The fight goes on This ship's lowering it's anchors Cause I've been rolling down this river so long So long, so long, I've been rolling down this river so long So long, so long, I've been rolling down this river so long So long, so long, I've been rolling down this river so long So long, so long, I've been rolling down this river so long [Verse 2] I started in a raft, I made into a craft Then I was gone at the rasing of the mast I've seen pain behind my craft Cross paths and I see your ship alike like the Cutty Sark In the woods where the pirates throw In the water where the pirates dwell I never justify the odds I defied myself I said I'll never make this, horrible scenario, shape shift, yeah And all my crews got a few stars like a Orion's Belt We make the pilgrimage here upon a river full of tears that were taken from lost souls Left to cry in hell, a cry for help Is what this started as, but now my life's sick like the psychotic pitbull it's barking mad How I came from nothing, now I control the water ways your barge is banned [Hook] [Verse 3] My mum gave birth south of the Thames Then I float down to this ghost town, now I call my ends Where a county starts and the city ends And I learned to be careful when you're picking friends Between the few men we had to build a boat Lie it low, just to keep the dream afloat A lot of people thought that it was washed up Hence the reason why they looked like they've seen a ghost Call me Brook, call me Black Beard or Davy Jones One captain that will send your whole navy home And I will never rest with my skeleton Therefore it's relevant you'll never call me lazy bones So welcome to my ghost ship That has promised me the one day it'll free my soul So when the tide comes in upon the beat you know who knows You know you might get to read my scrolls [Hook]