The Ship - The Storm lyrics

When first we set our sails to find the port of No Return We signed aboard to risk our lives and fortunes we had earned Good God, the storm is raging, why must I live this way? I have no time today, I have no time today for dying, dying The sky turns black, the waters lash their fury on the deck We must secure the mainsail for we can't afford to wreck Good God, the storm is raging, why must I live this way? I have no time today, I have no time today for dying, dying Once I lay beneath the sky tracing birds in flight I chose to do the same as they Now I wonder—was it worth it all? Now I wonder—have I begun to fall and fall and fall? A child collected bu*terflies, prevented their escape I chose to let them fly away Now I wonder—was it worth it all? Now I wonder—have I begun to fall and fall and fall? Once I loved a pretty girl who wanted to be free I chose to let her slip away Now I wonder—was it worth it all? Now I wonder—have I begun to fall and fall and fall? The lightning splits the watchtower as the thunder drives us down We're helpless among strangers but there's no one else around Good God, the storm is raging, why must I live this way? I have no time today, I have no time today for dying, dying The storm, it has no ending and its madness has no name And now the calm of reason and the storm are but the same And now the ship is lost, and all our hopes have turned to dust I have no one to trust, I have no one to trust, I'm dying, dying When first we set our sails to find the port of No Return We signed aboard to risk our lives and fortunes we had earned And now the ship is lost, and all our hopes have turned to dust I have no one to trust, I have no one to trust, I'm dying, dying, dying She sails, oh, she sails