[Verse 1] When the wellerman calls, I hear my name Salt in my mouth and a head full of rain I count the knots in the rope by hand Like every one could keep me land There’s a voice in the dark that knows me well It speaks in circles like an old ship bell I told myself I’d never go But the tide keeps pulling low, low, low [Pre-Chorus] Don’t listen to the sirens call He ho Don’t listen when the cold nights call He ho The moon looks thin, the deck looks red And every warning’s in my head [Chorus] When the wellerman calls, we will go He ho, (he ho) To the edge of the world, we will go He ho, (he ho) To the black horizon, we’ll take the road He ho, (he ho) When the wellerman calls, we will go (He ho) [Verse 2] My shadow walks a half-step late Like it learned my fears and changed its face I laugh out loud, then lose the sound When the sea goes glass and the stars go down The captain says, “Keep your eyes ahead” But I keep seeing what lies instead A shore that moves when I try to run A storm that wears my brother’s tongue [Pre-Chorus] Don’t listen to the sirens call He ho Don’t answer when the black waves call He ho The edge looks close, the air runs thin And something old is waking in [Chorus] When the wellerman calls, we will go He ho, (he ho) To the edge of the world, we will go He ho, (he ho) To the black horizon, we’ll take the road He ho, (he ho) When the wellerman calls, we will go (He ho) [Bridge] I thought the dark was out to sea But it was curled up inside of me One foot forward, one foot sold To the voice that knows how I break and hold [Final Chorus] When the wellerman calls, we will go He ho, (he ho) To the edge of the world, we will go He ho, (he ho) To the black horizon, we’ll take the road He ho, (he ho) When the wellerman calls, we will go (He ho) When the wellerman calls, we will go He ho, (he ho) To the edge of the world, we will go He ho, (he ho) To the black horizon, we’ll take the road He ho, (he ho) When the wellerman calls, we will go (He ho)
