Let The Wind & The Sea Be My Grave

It was dark the day i ran away to sea

But it'll be darker still the day i've had my fill and come crying,

"this world's got the best of me"

My mother still leaves out a light every night just the same

And in my childhood room that's laid out like a tomb

They've got photograph headstones all carved with my name

But i've tasted saltwater, and freedom, and rum

And i'm far too far gone for your kindness to save

So when davey jones wakes in his locker

And pulls me under the waves

Don't cry my friends, i've chosen my end

Let the wind and the sea be my grave

I remember the house that i left like it was yesterday

The comfort of sunlight on carpet, the smells of the kitchen all begged me to stay

I had a bright future ahead of me or so i was told

A career and a wife and a house and a child and a lifetime's protection against hunger and cold

But i've lived half my life eating hardtack and brine

And i've collapsed with the sun at the end of each day

And i pray as i lay in my hammock each night,

"lord, help me to be brave;

Let each dart find it's whale and our ropes never fail,

Let the wind and the sea -

- may they all wash over me

Let the wind and the sea be my grave"