the lighthouse & the sailor Lyrics

There is a beacon

A lighthouse that's broken

That stands on the point

In the bay

It promises harbor

To all those who wander

But its rock-strewn shore

Is unsafe

They train up good sailors

To warn of the dangers

Of monsters that traverse the deep

But they fail to make sure

That once you reach their shore

The wayward are greeted with peace

There was a sailor

Who entered the shadowy

Wasteland that stretched

From the beach

The shipman looked down

In the boat he was sailing

And noticed that

There was a leak

So he stepped from the boat

And stayed strangely afloat

As he walked on the water to seek

All the lost and endangered

The outcast and stranger

And taught them to stand on the sea

When the sailor returned

From his journey they heard

All his ragged and rough company

The beacon was dim

Didn't recognize him

And they banished them all to the deep