[Verse 1] The water rolled beneath the keel. A patient hand. A breathing thing. The lights of shore hung far behind. Small fires against the dark. The stars stood clear. The air stood still. No warning moved across the sea. [Verse 2] I watched the black between the waves. The place where sight could travel no more. The island slept. The harbor shone. The world of men held to the coast. A little wind. A little swell. Enough to know what slept below. [Pre-Chorus] The stars were mine until the clouds. The shore was mine until the mist. [Chorus] All certainty is borrowed. All shelter wears a name. The sea gives back the silence. The sea withdraws the same. A turn of wind. A hidden cloud. A darkness without end. And all the things I trusted grow distant once again. [Verse 3] I thought the lights were fixed and sure. I thought the stars would hold their place. Then came the thought without a sound. What if they vanished? What if they failed? No storm had come. No wave had risen. Yet something colder crossed the mind. [Bridge] The boat rose. The boat fell. The water breathed. The water waited. Beyond the reach of chart and lantern. Beyond the reach of any prayer. [Final Chorus] All certainty is borrowed. All shelter wears a name. The sea gives back the silence. The sea withdraws the same. The lights burned on. The stars burned on. Yet neither promised dawn. And for a moment I could feel how thin the world had grown. [Outro] The island remained. The stars remained. The water moved below. But something vast had touched the night and would not let me go.
