Further Shores

Duration

4:26

Genres

Folk

Description

Lyrics

I once heard a tale about a boy who loved a girl, And he spent all his time and money trying to change the world. For many years they bathed in bliss, their love a thing sublime. And they both swore to love no others till the end of time. Every single time they met, he would softly say, "Mark my words: I shall return, and with you sail away." The oath it was enough for them, their lives unsullied sheets, Blowing in the summer wind, knowing no defeat, and it's lie lie da... The boy left home to see the world and bring it back someday. He woke before the sunrise, and ten years was away. He built up a fortune, and 'round the world did roam. And when he had enough he turned and set sail for his home. His ship sailed filled with diamonds, but landed filled with rage. The girl he had left behind had since become engaged. Now time has broke their sacred oath, and now they're both alone. Falling ever further from promises intoned. And it's lie lie da die... "I come to you across many-dangered waters," The boy grown to a man unto his love did say. "And I have brought the world upon a silver platter If you would only come away with me today." "Love, I feared you lost, but here now you appear again, A resurrected ghost from a dream I nightly had. But here I must remain, and this man I must marry. I cannot sail away. My darling, be not said." "I must away," the captain said, as he climbed aboard. "And now we sail for further seas, in hope of further shores." And it's... And so he turned his ship around, and set sail for the sunrise. Down past the horizon, to tunes of teary eyes. The girl she stood upon the shore, and watched the ship depart. She said, "he leaves with diamonds, but also my heart." The boy was never seen again in any land of men. The girl grew old in mourning, and never loved again. But sometimes, when the moon was right, she'd swear she saw sails. Down past the horizon, but then her eyes would fail. And it's....