[Verse] I was born where the white horizon never ends Carved from ancient silence, shaped by frozen winds I had drifted for a lifetime, carried by the sea Never chose the course that brought the ship to me Above me was the starlight, below an endless blue The ocean kept on moving as it always used to do Then somewhere in the darkness, I saw a distant glow A mountain made of steel was moving far below [Pre-Chorus] I could hear the water breaking at its side I could feel the heavy current pulling with the tide Sadly, I had no voice to warn them, no hands to make them turn I was forced to watch in silence as their lights came closer, and saw the distance slowly burn [Chorus] I never meant to be the last thing that they saw I never knew their lives, I never knew their dreams I was only following the ocean's ancient law While they were sailing toward a world they'd never see I never chose that night I never chose the sea If ice could speak, I'd tell them I was drifting too I was only where the cold and current carried me I had no heart to hate, no reason to pursue I was just a piece of earth beneath the endless sea I never meant to be.. I never meant to be... [Verse] She carried grand ambitions, thousands in her care A floating city shining in the midnight air They called her unsinkable, they trusted every word While warnings crossed the wireless that nobody had heard I watched her bow come closer, cutting through the black And somewhere in that moment, there was no turning back The ocean gave no answer, the stars remained the same And when the metal met me, history bent its frame [Pre-Chorus] I felt the sudden trembling travel through my side A sound beneath the surface that the darkness couldn't hide I did not move against her, I simply held my ground And all the human certainty came crashing down [Chorus] I never meant to be the shadow in their tale I never knew the promises they carried through the night I never felt their footsteps, never heard them call I only felt the pressure as they passed beneath my side I never chose their fate I never chose that night They gave me a story that would survive a hundred years As if I had been waiting there to bring their dreams undone But I was born before them, before their hopes and fears And long after their story, I would still be moving on for all to see I never meant to be... I never meant to be... [Verse] The lifeboats disappeared into the freezing dawn The music and the voices slowly faded on I stayed beneath the surface as the wreck began to sink And carried no remembrance of the lives that made it think For years the world would speak of me as if I had a soul A silent piece of nature blamed for what it couldn't control But no one ever asked what it was like to simply drift To become a chapter in a tragedy not mine to script [Bridge] The survivors saw in me a deadly monster The press called me "vast white terror" They needed something cruel to blame A shape beneath the water, forever known for pain There was no victory for me, nothing I could win or lose They built their dreams from iron, confidence and flame I was only frozen water when the Titanic came [Pre-Chorus] So when you tell the story, remember more than me Remember all the lives that vanished underneath the sea Remember human courage, remember human fear And remember I was drifting long before they ever came near [Final-Chorus] I never meant to be the last thing that they saw I never knew their names, I never knew their dreams I was only following the ocean's ancient law While they were sailing toward a world they'd never see You may remember me As the monstrous iceberg in the sea But I can't remember anything While the ocean remembers and hides everything [Outro] The years have crossed the water The wreck still sleeps below The world has told the story In more ways than I'll ever know I keep on drifting slowly Wherever currents lead A silent piece of winter till the last piece of my ice is just water, returning to the sea No hatred No warning No choice No blame Only water Only ice Only the sea... I was never meant to be...
