The Lighthouse's Tale

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The Lighthouse's Tale Lyrics

[00:26.23] I am a lighthouse
[00:29.45] Worn by the weather and the waves
[00:34.75] I keep my lamp it
[00:37.72] To warn the sailors on their way
[00:42.86] I'll tell a story
[00:46.09] Paint you a picture from my past
[00:51.16] I was so happy
[00:54.19] But joy in this life seldom lasts
[00:59.10]
[01:16.07] I had a keeper
[01:18.96] He helped me warn the ships at sea
[01:24.28] We had grown closer
[01:27.44] 'Til his joy meant everything to me
[01:32.42] And he was to marry
[01:35.62] A girl who shone with beauty and light
[01:40.78] And they loved each other
[01:43.78] And with me watched the sunsets into night
[01:49.14] And the waves crashing around me
[01:53.86] The sand slips out to sea
[01:57.35] And the winds that blow remind me
[02:01.44] Of what has been, and what can never be
[02:08.60]
[02:26.30] She'd had to leave us
[02:29.37] My keeper he prayed for a safe return
[02:34.62] But when the night came
[02:37.57] The weather to a raging storm had turned
[02:43.03] He watched her ship fight
[02:45.49] But in vain against the wild and terrible wind
[02:51.11] In me so helpless
[02:54.15] As dashed against the rock she met her end
[02:59.52] And the waves crashing around me
[03:03.91] The sand slips out to sea
[03:07.76] And the winds that blow remind me
[03:11.86] Of what has been, and what can never be
[03:18.71]
[03:36.65] Then on the next day
[03:39.62] My keeper found her washed up on the shore
[03:45.07] He kissed her cold face
[03:48.13] That they'd be together soon he swore
[03:53.29] I saw him crying
[03:56.43] Watched as he buried her in the sand
[04:01.42] And then he climbed my tower
[04:04.47] And off of the edge of me, he ran
[04:09.89] And the waves crashing around me
[04:14.30] The sand slips out to sea
[04:17.91] And the winds that blow remind me
[04:22.13] Of what has been, and what can never be
[04:29.58]
[04:38.62] I am a lighthouse
[04:41.80] Worn by the weather and the waves
[04:47.10] And though I am empty
[04:50.07] I still warn the sailors on their way
[04:55.26]

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