[Intro]
  
  

[Verse]
             
It's not the d

           
am built behin

        
d your eyelids
             
Despite the co

             
nstantly turni

    
ng cheek
            
In the many st

            
abbing swords 

        
of your patien

ce
            
I saw you spri

      
ng a leak

[Interlude]
  
  

[Verse]
            
Right before t

            
he last waves 

     
took Vestris
             
Not a sound fr

             
om the deck wa

   
s heard
              
It's not the f

          
ault of the ma

       
n who built it
             
When the capta

            
in's overboard

[Solo]
  
  
  
  

[Verse]
            
In the predawn

            
 throes of her

 
 sinkin'
             
In the strange

             
 blue light of

      
 your eyes
            
Pitched a boat

            
 off the coast

     
 of Virginia
            
In a dim and l

        
oveless tide

[Outro]
             
And you swoone

        
d to the botto

m
             
To the seaweed

      
 and bone
             
And there you 

             
found me waiti

 
ng for you
             
All wrecked on

          
 the stone