Lifeboat
Fitful dreams of drowning in my sleep
Thrashing in the darkness of the deep
Gasping, never knowing if I'd breathe again
Sirens from the surface as the ship began to shake
I was cast into this nightmare wide awake
Everyone on the lifeboat, the ship is going down
The captain left the bridge, and now he's nowhere to be found
Pray for every soul, again we'll walk on solid ground
Everyone on the lifeboat, the ship is going down
Listing hard, the first mate took the helm
Ever unprepared and overwhelmed
Destined by three fates to fail, "We're doomed" he cried
Nearer now to heaven, I'm a man of mortal sin
I'm afraid that God will never let me in
Everyone on the lifeboat, the ship is going down
The captain left the bridge, and now he's nowhere to be found
Pray for every soul, again we'll walk on solid ground
Everyone on the lifeboat, the ship is going down
A promise of adventure, so I went to sea
To reinvent my destiny
I disavowed my demons, but they followed me
Yeah, they followed me
Well, they followed me
On a voyage to the dark side
Some are willing, some are shanghaied
Every ripple hides a riptide, unforeseen
Fate's a cruel machine
Time's the enemy
As I wait
As I wait
As I wait
As I wait
God dull the sword of Damocles
They will hunt me down Lord help me please
I am on my knees and praying
There's a hole in my heart that is shaped like You
Hold it up to the light, you can see right through
I was only trying to hide, I wasn't straying
Living in the past where the rent was cheap
My goals were shallow but my gene pool deep
Guess I missed the news one morning
I was fast asleep, I was fast asleep
Oh, I was fast asleep
What had started as a Cold War
Heated quickly with an uproar
Soldiers settling an old score, mercilessly
Hellish harmony
Will they come for me?
As I wait
As I wait
As I wait
As I wait
God dull the sword of Damocles
They will hunt me down Lord help me please
I am on my knees and praying
There's a hole in my heart that is shaped like You
Hold it up to the light, you can see right through
I was only trying to hide, I wasn't straying
Maybe there is no tomorrow, God is testing my belief
Endless sea impending sorrow, death may be my last relief
Now I drift a lowly crewman, I was destined by my birth
To be never more than human, I was bound unto this earth
Save me
Save me
I was young in need of answers
Asked my father for advice
Life he said is taking chances, if you don't boy best think twice
Ebbing waves embracing violence, heartened by my hopes of land
Rowing like a ghost in silence, praying soon my oars touch sand
Save me
Save me
Now I drift a lowly crewman
I was destined by my birth
To be never more than human
I was bound unto this earth
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Maybe no one's left to rescue me
Overhead, the storm clouds won't recede
Trying to believe, but I just can't pretend
Twilight at the end the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don't want to know what happens when you die
Will I be forgotten evermore?
Will I walk on heaven's golden shore?
Angels offer comfort as a calm descends
Twilight at the end, the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don't want to know what happens when you die
When you die
When you die
When you die
Twilight at the end, the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don't want to know what happens when you die
Twilight at the end, the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don't want to know what happens when you die
Twilight at the end, the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don't want to know what happens
I don't want to know what happens
I don't want to know what happens when you die
When you die
When you die
When you die
Thrashing in the darkness of the deep
Gasping, never knowing if I'd breathe again
Sirens from the surface as the ship began to shake
I was cast into this nightmare wide awake
Everyone on the lifeboat, the ship is going down
The captain left the bridge, and now he's nowhere to be found
Pray for every soul, again we'll walk on solid ground
Everyone on the lifeboat, the ship is going down
Listing hard, the first mate took the helm
Ever unprepared and overwhelmed
Destined by three fates to fail, "We're doomed" he cried
Nearer now to heaven, I'm a man of mortal sin
I'm afraid that God will never let me in
Everyone on the lifeboat, the ship is going down
The captain left the bridge, and now he's nowhere to be found
Pray for every soul, again we'll walk on solid ground
Everyone on the lifeboat, the ship is going down
A promise of adventure, so I went to sea
To reinvent my destiny
I disavowed my demons, but they followed me
Yeah, they followed me
Well, they followed me
On a voyage to the dark side
Some are willing, some are shanghaied
Every ripple hides a riptide, unforeseen
Fate's a cruel machine
Time's the enemy
As I wait
As I wait
As I wait
As I wait
God dull the sword of Damocles
They will hunt me down Lord help me please
I am on my knees and praying
There's a hole in my heart that is shaped like You
Hold it up to the light, you can see right through
I was only trying to hide, I wasn't straying
Living in the past where the rent was cheap
My goals were shallow but my gene pool deep
Guess I missed the news one morning
I was fast asleep, I was fast asleep
Oh, I was fast asleep
What had started as a Cold War
Heated quickly with an uproar
Soldiers settling an old score, mercilessly
Hellish harmony
Will they come for me?
As I wait
As I wait
As I wait
As I wait
God dull the sword of Damocles
They will hunt me down Lord help me please
I am on my knees and praying
There's a hole in my heart that is shaped like You
Hold it up to the light, you can see right through
I was only trying to hide, I wasn't straying
Maybe there is no tomorrow, God is testing my belief
Endless sea impending sorrow, death may be my last relief
Now I drift a lowly crewman, I was destined by my birth
To be never more than human, I was bound unto this earth
Save me
Save me
I was young in need of answers
Asked my father for advice
Life he said is taking chances, if you don't boy best think twice
Ebbing waves embracing violence, heartened by my hopes of land
Rowing like a ghost in silence, praying soon my oars touch sand
Save me
Save me
Now I drift a lowly crewman
I was destined by my birth
To be never more than human
I was bound unto this earth
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Maybe no one's left to rescue me
Overhead, the storm clouds won't recede
Trying to believe, but I just can't pretend
Twilight at the end the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don't want to know what happens when you die
Will I be forgotten evermore?
Will I walk on heaven's golden shore?
Angels offer comfort as a calm descends
Twilight at the end, the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don't want to know what happens when you die
When you die
When you die
When you die
Twilight at the end, the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don't want to know what happens when you die
Twilight at the end, the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don't want to know what happens when you die
Twilight at the end, the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don't want to know what happens
I don't want to know what happens
I don't want to know what happens when you die
When you die
When you die
When you die
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Writer(s): John Boegehold
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