At Sea

The waves whisper dark all around me, I can't see a thing in this fog The whole world is shrouded, no stars I can chart for a path This course that I've set, it'll drown me, I still feel it drawing me on The farther I go, the less that I know where I'll land I can taste the salt, thickening the air, waking hunger too vast for a name Fathomless and wild, is it my compass, or am I its prey Stay with me, memory, twine into thread Weave with my dreams, with the grief I have bled Oh, be my sails, catch the wind, carry me Oh, be my sails, I'm at sea These clouds that I'm in, they confound me, even horizons are gone This veil that enfolds me, I can't even tell where I've passed There's nothing in reach that'll ground me, such endless expanses I cross How long must I journey till restlessness quiets at last Still I taste the salt, thickening the air Waking that hunger too vast to contain Fathomless and wild, is it my compass, or am I its slave Stay with me, memory, twine into thread Weave with my dreams, with the grief I have bled Oh, be my sails, catch the wind, carry me Oh, be my sails, I'm at sea Oh, be my sails, I'm at sea The waves look endless to the small Have we grown just enough to see, but not to help at All of these, poisoned seas, we'll have to swim before we're through Our lives look endless when we're small, endless when we're small Shortsighted eyes, they leave us free to harm All of your fine horses and all of your fine men They can't do a thing to stop the coming of the end