We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea - Declan O'Rourke

作词：Declan O'Rourke

Along the quayside you were a light

And I a reflection lay across the river and the night

You were transfixed on me and I was mesmerised

And names were whispered to and by you and I

The tides began to steal away from morning light

As night receded river walls seemed to grow high

Then you climbed down into my arms and closed your eyes

When we awoke we had been drifting

We didn't mean to go to sea

We didn't mean to drift away

We never planned to up and leave

But still the sea took us away

We saw no lands on the horizon

No distant shores along the fray

Yet all the more we found ourselves

When we got lost at sea that day

Timbers creaked all else was quiet and relieved

Except the infant waves that licked and lapped along the eaves

It had to dawn on us our truth had been believed

Beyond all lies and jealousy

We sailed high wind half mast

Due north towards the edge of our dreams grateful borders

That matched our speed to stay ahead

The afternoon was bleeding to death

And soon the sky was racing red

To see the stars remove their hats out of respect

We didn't mean to go to sea

We didn't mean to drift away

We never planned to up and leave

But still the sea took us away

We saw no lands on the horizon

No distant shores along the fray

Yet all the more we found ourselves

When we got lost at sea that day

That day