Lyrics by Valgrind. Intro – Clean guitar. Ocean waves. Distant bell buoy. Slow build. Spoken with grim reaper voice “I’ve sailed these waters for fifty long years…” “There are places…” “Where even the sea remembers…” (Drums explode. Galloping riff.) ⸻ Verse I North wind carried whispered tales Of shattered masts and ghostly sails A merchant ship one stormy night Vanished from the lantern light No broken mast upon the sea No drifting souls, no memory Only silence, cold and deep Where the restless oceans sleep ⸻ (Half-time build) Pre-Chorus When the ocean… Holds its breath… Don’t call… Their names… ⸻ (Full speed – Anthemic chorus) Chorus GHOST OF THE ABYSS! Sailing through eternal mist! No harbour calls… No journey ends… Where the sea and darkness blend! GHOST OF THE ABYSS! Lost where no horizon is! Bound forever… To the tide… With the dead still at her side! ⸻ Verse II Many claimed they’d seen her sail Moonlight shining through her veil Weathered wood and tattered lines Frozen somewhere beyond time On the deck stood silent men Facing toward the storm again Hands still fixed upon the wheel Eyes that no one dares reveal ⸻ (Half-time – Heavy and dark) Pre-Chorus When the compass… Starts to turn… Leave the sea… Or never… Return… ⸻ (Double chorus) Chorus (repeat) ⸻ Bridge (Half-time. Clean guitar. Low choir. Ocean ambience.) The fog rolled back… For just one breath… I saw the captain… Standing there… His hand upon… The ancient wheel… Still searching… For the dawn… (Silence.) ⸻ (Explosive acceleration – Twin guitar harmonies) (Guitar Solo) (Double-time. Long melodic twin-guitar harmonies leading into a soaring lead solo.) ⸻ Final Chorus GHOST OF THE ABYSS! Sailing through eternal mist! No harbour waits… No morning comes… Only beating phantom drums! GHOST OF THE ABYSS! Every sailor knows her name! Turn your ship… Avoid her wake… Or share the fate… She could not escape! ⸻ (Slower. Choir joins.) Final Chorus II GHOST OF THE ABYSS! Still she haunts the endless sea! Ride the waves… Or turn away… Some legends… Never fade… ⸻ (Outro – Clean guitar. Waves. Bell buoy.) (Spoken with grim reaper voice) “I laughed at every story…” “Until…” ”…I saw her myself…”
