You fill your pockets with the dust

and with the sands of time

Holding onto memories

that fade inside your mind

Screaming to avoid

the limits in your way

The limits you impressed on yourself

for fear what they might say

 

A thousand nights, a thousand days

a thousand ways to die

A thousand angry mariners

gaze upon the sky

The farthest light fades faster

than a wish upon a star

A well of empty promises

a reminder from afar

 

Turning to the darkness

in a sea of broken dreams

To chase away the loneliness

and quieten the screams

To soothe away the anger

that froths among the water

Searching for a peace of mind

a safety in the harbor

 

A thousand nights, a thousand days

a thousand ways to die

A thousand angry mariners

gaze upon the sky

The farthest light fades faster

than a wish upon a star

A well of empty promises

a reminder from afar

 

A million stories to be told

a million torches light the sky

A million guiding prophets

come to teach us all to die

Lost at sea devoid of life

the empty vessels sing

A million ships are sinking

dying from within