Song | The Last Ship |
Artist | Sting |
Album | The Last Ship (Deluxe) |
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[00:07.51] | It’s all there in the gospels, the Magdalene girl |
[00:12.66] | Comes to pay her respects, but her mind is awhirl. |
[00:17.51] | When she finds the tomb empty, the stone had been rolled, |
[00:22.37] | Not a sign of a corpse in the dark and the cold. |
[00:26.90] | When she reaches the door, sees an unholy sight, |
[00:30.99] | There’s this solitary figure in a halo of light. |
[00:34.90] | He just carries on floating past Calvary Hill, |
[00:39.56] | In an almighty hurry, aye but she might catch him still. |
[00:44.22] | “Tell me where are ye going Lord, and why in such haste?” |
[00:49.41] | “Now don’t hinder me woman, I’ve no time to waste! |
[00:53.91] | For they’re launching a boat on the morrow at noon, |
[00:57.93] | And I have to be there before daybreak. |
[01:01.45] | Oh I canna be missing, the lads’ll expect me, |
[01:06.83] | Why else would the good Lord himself resurrect me? |
[01:14.42] | For nothing will stop me, I have to prevail, |
[01:18.07] | Through the teeth of this tempest, in the mouth of a gale, |
[01:22.97] | May the angels protect me if all else should fail, |
[01:27.98] | When the last ship sails.” |
[01:31.43] | Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers, |
[01:37.38] | The noise at the end of the world in your ears, |
[01:41.92] | As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea, |
[01:46.30] | And the last ship sails. |
[01:50.34] | It’s a strange kind of beauty, |
[02:04.81] | It’s cold and austere, |
[02:06.55] | And whatever it was that ye’ve done to be here, |
[02:10.88] | It’s the sum of yr hopes yr despairs and yr fears, |
[02:14.67] | When the last ship sails. |
[02:18.49] | Well the first to arrive saw these signs in the east, |
[02:23.73] | Like that strange moving finger at Balthazar’s Feast, |
[02:28.22] | Where they asked the advice of some wandering priest, |
[02:33.08] | And the sad ghosts of men whom they’d thought long deceased, |
[02:37.33] | And whatever got said, they’d be counted at least, |
[02:41.55] | When the last ship sails. |
[02:45.16] | Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers, |
[02:51.45] | The noise at the end of the world in your ears, |
[02:55.85] | As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea, |
[03:00.30] | And the last ship sails. |
[03:03.84] | And whatever you’d promised, whatever you’ve done, |
[03:09.46] | And whatever the station in life you’ve become. |
[03:13.79] | In the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, |
[03:18.06] | And whatever the weave of this life that you’ve spun, |
[03:22.33] | On the Earth or in Heaven or under the Sun, |
[03:26.73] | When the last ship sails. |
[03:43.97] |
[00:07.51] | It' s all there in the gospels, the Magdalene girl |
[00:12.66] | Comes to pay her respects, but her mind is awhirl. |
[00:17.51] | When she finds the tomb empty, the stone had been rolled, |
[00:22.37] | Not a sign of a corpse in the dark and the cold. |
[00:26.90] | When she reaches the door, sees an unholy sight, |
[00:30.99] | There' s this solitary figure in a halo of light. |
[00:34.90] | He just carries on floating past Calvary Hill, |
[00:39.56] | In an almighty hurry, aye but she might catch him still. |
[00:44.22] | " Tell me where are ye going Lord, and why in such haste?" |
[00:49.41] | " Now don' t hinder me woman, I' ve no time to waste! |
[00:53.91] | For they' re launching a boat on the morrow at noon, |
[00:57.93] | And I have to be there before daybreak. |
[01:01.45] | Oh I canna be missing, the lads' ll expect me, |
[01:06.83] | Why else would the good Lord himself resurrect me? |
[01:14.42] | For nothing will stop me, I have to prevail, |
[01:18.07] | Through the teeth of this tempest, in the mouth of a gale, |
[01:22.97] | May the angels protect me if all else should fail, |
[01:27.98] | When the last ship sails." |
[01:31.43] | Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers, |
[01:37.38] | The noise at the end of the world in your ears, |
[01:41.92] | As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea, |
[01:46.30] | And the last ship sails. |
[01:50.34] | It' s a strange kind of beauty, |
[02:04.81] | It' s cold and austere, |
[02:06.55] | And whatever it was that ye' ve done to be here, |
[02:10.88] | It' s the sum of yr hopes yr despairs and yr fears, |
[02:14.67] | When the last ship sails. |
[02:18.49] | Well the first to arrive saw these signs in the east, |
[02:23.73] | Like that strange moving finger at Balthazar' s Feast, |
[02:28.22] | Where they asked the advice of some wandering priest, |
[02:33.08] | And the sad ghosts of men whom they' d thought long deceased, |
[02:37.33] | And whatever got said, they' d be counted at least, |
[02:41.55] | When the last ship sails. |
[02:45.16] | Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers, |
[02:51.45] | The noise at the end of the world in your ears, |
[02:55.85] | As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea, |
[03:00.30] | And the last ship sails. |
[03:03.84] | And whatever you' d promised, whatever you' ve done, |
[03:09.46] | And whatever the station in life you' ve become. |
[03:13.79] | In the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, |
[03:18.06] | And whatever the weave of this life that you' ve spun, |
[03:22.33] | On the Earth or in Heaven or under the Sun, |
[03:26.73] | When the last ship sails. |
[03:43.97] |
[00:07.51] | It' s all there in the gospels, the Magdalene girl |
[00:12.66] | Comes to pay her respects, but her mind is awhirl. |
[00:17.51] | When she finds the tomb empty, the stone had been rolled, |
[00:22.37] | Not a sign of a corpse in the dark and the cold. |
[00:26.90] | When she reaches the door, sees an unholy sight, |
[00:30.99] | There' s this solitary figure in a halo of light. |
[00:34.90] | He just carries on floating past Calvary Hill, |
[00:39.56] | In an almighty hurry, aye but she might catch him still. |
[00:44.22] | " Tell me where are ye going Lord, and why in such haste?" |
[00:49.41] | " Now don' t hinder me woman, I' ve no time to waste! |
[00:53.91] | For they' re launching a boat on the morrow at noon, |
[00:57.93] | And I have to be there before daybreak. |
[01:01.45] | Oh I canna be missing, the lads' ll expect me, |
[01:06.83] | Why else would the good Lord himself resurrect me? |
[01:14.42] | For nothing will stop me, I have to prevail, |
[01:18.07] | Through the teeth of this tempest, in the mouth of a gale, |
[01:22.97] | May the angels protect me if all else should fail, |
[01:27.98] | When the last ship sails." |
[01:31.43] | Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers, |
[01:37.38] | The noise at the end of the world in your ears, |
[01:41.92] | As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea, |
[01:46.30] | And the last ship sails. |
[01:50.34] | It' s a strange kind of beauty, |
[02:04.81] | It' s cold and austere, |
[02:06.55] | And whatever it was that ye' ve done to be here, |
[02:10.88] | It' s the sum of yr hopes yr despairs and yr fears, |
[02:14.67] | When the last ship sails. |
[02:18.49] | Well the first to arrive saw these signs in the east, |
[02:23.73] | Like that strange moving finger at Balthazar' s Feast, |
[02:28.22] | Where they asked the advice of some wandering priest, |
[02:33.08] | And the sad ghosts of men whom they' d thought long deceased, |
[02:37.33] | And whatever got said, they' d be counted at least, |
[02:41.55] | When the last ship sails. |
[02:45.16] | Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers, |
[02:51.45] | The noise at the end of the world in your ears, |
[02:55.85] | As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea, |
[03:00.30] | And the last ship sails. |
[03:03.84] | And whatever you' d promised, whatever you' ve done, |
[03:09.46] | And whatever the station in life you' ve become. |
[03:13.79] | In the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, |
[03:18.06] | And whatever the weave of this life that you' ve spun, |
[03:22.33] | On the Earth or in Heaven or under the Sun, |
[03:26.73] | When the last ship sails. |
[03:43.97] |