The Lighthouse's Tale Songtext / Lyric

I am a lighthouse

Worn by the weather and the waves

I keep my lamp lit

To warn the sailors on their way.

I'll tell a story

Paint you a picture from my past

I was so happy

But joy in this life seldom lasts



I had a keeper

He helped me warn the ships at sea

We had grown closer

Till his joy meant everything to me

And he was to marry

A girl who shone with beauty and light

And they loved each other

And with me watched the sunsets into night






And the waves crash around me

The sand slips out to the sea

And the winds that blow remind me

Of what has been, and what can never be



She'd had to leave us

My keeper, he prayed for her safe return

But when the night came

The weather to a raging storm had turned

He watched her ship fight

But in vain, against the wild and terrible wind

In me, so helpless

As dashed against the rocks, she met her end



And the waves crash around me

The sand slips out to the sea

And the winds that blow remind me

Of what has been, and what can never be



Then, on the next day

My keeper found her washed up on the shore

He kissed her cold face

That they'd be together soon, he swore

I saw him crying

Watched as he buried her in the sand

And then he climbed my tower

And off the edge of me, he ran



And the waves crash around me

The sand slips out to the sea

And the winds that blow remind me

Of what has been, and what can never be



I am a lighthouse

Worn by the weather and the waves

And though I'm empty

I still warn the sailors on their way

Ever since you mounted me I'm afraid that I am dying