Message In a Bottle

We were free, we were brave

We thought Providence our slave

'Til the sea rose to fight

Sent us hurling to our grave

We cried out as we drowned

But our voices made no sound

In the waves

Not a truce nor a bribe

Could help us in that tide

All our faith, all our pride

Our strength was cast aside

We were lost to the sea

Sunk and buried underneath

But I, I survived

And it came without a warning

(It came without a warning)

Swept upon us in the morning

(Swept upon us in the morning)

In the middle of our laughter

When all was well

That unspeakable disaster fell

Oh, we were kings, we were kin

Fought as brothers till the end

We were drunk, we were hazed

We threw caution to the wind

We were gods, so we thought

But we learned who we were then

Only men! Only men

Pay attention to the warning

(So pay attention to the warning)

If you want to see the morning

(If you want to see the morning)

In the middle of our laughter

When all was well

That unspeakable disaster

Crashed into our anchor

And sent us falling to our Maker

So heed the words of one who lived to

Tell the tale

Learn a lesson from the men who failed

And I don't know why I survived

I too, deserve to die

Providence has turned His eye

And grace has chosen me to stay

To live another day

Oh, to give this heart a word to write

Of peace (Oh!) that reached through the debris

Of that wreckage I call, me

And brought me safely through the night

Of love (Oh!) stronger than the flood

That fills my heart like blood

That keeps me anchored to the light

Listen to what I have found

(Listen to what I have found)

When my world ran aground

Oh, grace was still a greater tide

And all that I have left to say

(All that I have left to say)

To those who've lost their way

Oh, grace can even save your shipwrecked life!