White Pearl, Black Oceans... lyrics

[Intro]
I was born and raised by the sea, shy yet proud
Learned to stay away from the crowd
In my home, my lighthouse
101 steps, 'round and down
New Year's Eve, one night on the town
Can change one life into eternity

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 1]
All I could see were her eyes
We got caught in the moment, all of the night
Taken beyond all lines, in silence, leaving 'em all behind
She had found the sails for the following night
The town, for her, was getting way too small
She promised to be mine
Forever, for that one night
Moments, passion, small defeats
Concealed emotions found in me
"You gave life to a brand new me"
Crossing the wintry fields
The first hour of morning light
Warmed by the flame inside
The lasting memory of the ending night
I never had a chance to stop what hit me
What broke my bones and mauled me
After hours of deep, unwilling sleep
In a cold shelter, fell back into the dark
(And the hours of the day passed)
[Chorus]
A nightmare awakes me, blinking light
There's no guide, blind ships in the night
Oh, blood-red moon, eat away the night
Darkness covers my lonely soul
No one to feed the dying light

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
(Good morn—oh dreadful day)
I prayed the moon had lit the sea instead of me
For the sails of night
"Please tell me everything is alright"
(My voice in the room broke the silence)
Everybody killed me with their eyes
What I was to hear made the people cry
(Impossible for me to keep the tears inside)

[Chorus]
All on board the White Pearl have died
Coastal reef has tolled their lives
And you are the light of the night

[Verse 3]
One thing I remember before I fell to the ground
Although I never saw the face
A name was inked on his arm
Love can be like poetry of demons
Or maybe God loves complex irony?
The family name stated I had seen before
Written on her front door
(Silence in the courthouse)
A presence in the room we both could feel
The father of her unborn child and me
[Chorus]
All on board the White Pearl have died
Coastal reef has tolled their lives
While I was the guide light
Back in my tower, run, run, run
Light is out, I hope to see
Black oceans beneath, rise and swallow me

[Instrumental Break]

[Piano Solo]

[Bridge]
One step will take me back inside
Another sees my end
No one can love a man who guarded the light
(Guarded the light, one faithful night)
Flaming eyes I must confront before I am stated free
Defining innocence is hell, after all that has passed
Building new walls inside (My eternal night)
Although they took my heart and dried me up
Sometimes I still bleed
Show me the way
(Show me the way)
The light will show me a way on the grisly reefs
Too many dead ends I see
No soul can save me
The respect I lost, the measure of a man
[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
10,000 steps down, 'round and round
One night on the town, and I'm hell-bound
Black oceans beneath, come and swallow me
All on board the White Pearl have died
Coastal reef, come claim my life
Black oceans beneath (Come and swallow me)
My little tower, seal my fate
Help me pay back, end their hate
Black oceans beneath (Come and swallow me)
One direction, down, down, down
Pitch-black night for my old town
Black oceans beneath shall now swallow me

[Instrumental Break]

[Spoken Outro: Nik Van-Eckmann]
I hereby commit the body to the deep
To be turned into corruption
Looking for the resurrection of the body
When the sea shall give up her dead
And the life of the world to come
Through our Lord
Amen