WINE DARK SEA

 

 

FATHER TELL ME MY NAME FOR MY FAITH HAS COME UNTIED

WHEN THE PENDULUM SWINGS ALL THE YEARS WILL PASS YOU BY

THOUGHT IT’S NEVER TOO LATE , WELL YOU CAN SWALLOW YOUR OWN LIES

 

                  SOME ARE CALLED BY DUTY

                  SOME ARE LOST IN DREAMS

                  I WENT DOWN BUT I NEVER DROWNED

                  AND I WALKED ON THE WINE DARK SEA

 

MOTHER WHERE WERE YOU WHEN ALL THIS WICKEDNESS BEGAN

SO THE SECRETS WERE TOLD BUT YOU  WERE TOO FAR GONE TO KNOW

NOW IT DARKENS YOUR BREAST AND YOUR SUN STILL SETS IN THE WEST

 

                   SOME CREATE FOR BEAUTY

                   SOME FOR SELFISH GREED

                   I WENT DOWN BUT I NEVER DROWNED

                   AND I WALKED ON THE WINE DARK

 

                   SOME BELIEVE THEY’RE SAINTLY

                   SOME JUST DON’T BELIEVE

                   I WENT DOWN BUT I NEVER DROWNED

                   AND I WALKED ON THE WINE DARK SEA

 

LOVER WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, DRIVEN THE NEEDLE THRU MY ARM

LOVER WHERE HAVE YOU GONE INTO THE VALLEY WHITE AND CHROMED

LOVER KEEP CLOSE TO HOME I’LL DRIVE THE DEVILS FROM YOUR THRONE

 

                   SOME SHALL BE FORGIVEN

                   SOME SHALL CEASE TO BE

                   SOME SHALL LEARN AND SOME SHALL BURN

                   IN THE WAKE OF THE WINE DARK SEA

 

 

 © 2003

Music: Dion

Lyrics: Orgeron