The Lighthouse`s Tale lyrics

Artist  : Nickel Creek 
Song : The Lighthouse`s Tale
 


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 crashing around me,
the sand slips out to 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 a 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 wave.
In me
so helpless, as dashed against the rock she met
her end.

And the waves crashing around me,
the sand slips out to 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'd swore.

I saw him crying, watched
as he buried her in the sand.
And then he
climbed my tower, and off of the edge of me he
ran.

And the waves crashing around me, the
sand slips out to 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 am empty,
I still warn the sailors on their way.