(Verse 1) Oh, the waves crashed hard and the sky turned black, The storm it swallowed our sturdy mast. Now I’m alone on this cursed isle, With naught but the gulls and the wind so vile. (Chorus) Oh, the sun burns hot and the nights grow cold, I hear strange voices in the gold-lit shoal. The tide rolls in, but it won’t take me, Stranded alone on a wretched sea. (Verse 2) I built me a fire, I sang me a tune, But the echoes laughed 'neath the ghostly moon. A shadow dances where none should be, The whispering waves are calling me. (Chorus) Oh, the sun burns hot and the nights grow cold, I hear strange voices in the gold-lit shoal. The tide rolls in, but it won’t take me, Stranded alone on a wretched sea. (Verse 3) The fish they grin with their hollowed eyes, The stars above seem to plot my demise. The sand it shifts though no wind blows, And the shipwreck sighs with a song it knows. (Chorus) Oh, the sun burns hot and the nights grow cold, I hear strange voices in the gold-lit shoal. The tide rolls in, but it won’t take me, Stranded alone on a wretched sea. (Bridge) Maybe I drowned in the storm that day, Maybe my mind has slipped away. Or maybe the sea just loves its prey, And keeps me here to waste away. (Chorus) Oh, the sun burns hot and the nights grow cold, I hear strange voices in the gold-lit shoal. The tide rolls in, but it won’t take me, Stranded alone on a wretched sea.
