Tied from The Waterline by Andy Nixon

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TIED

He took his chances and sailed across his black sea
Beneath the water lay relics from another time
While he reflected on the signs he knew he should’ve seen
He trimmed the sails and took the baring of another line

The time had come to ditch the plans he’s been devising
A fading horizon and the bitter sails of promise torn
The fact remained he knew that seven seas were rising
To get back home there’s be no port in any storm

Tied to the mast by his own admission to the sea he’s sailing on
Tied by the ropes of his own conviction in the grip of the sirens’ song

She couldn’t reach him, just memories flowing through her
Into her heart like arrows shot from every vein
Tied to his past and tied to his future
He couldn’t find the right way to break out of the pain

Tied to the mast by his own admission to the sea he’s sailing on
Tied by the ropes of his own conviction in the grip of the sirens’ song

And he lifted his eyes to the night sky
And traced the lines of the constellations
From the North Star to the Sword of Orion
He could see his life in the points of connection

The enemies of promise, the waves of regret
The fading horizons, ambitions unmet
The measure of success, the comparisons of love
The connections so clear in the lines above

He closed his eyes to the daylight
To break the tie of the lone star shining
That one star that could take him to the answer
To break the cycle like the stars unwinding

The enemies of promise, the waves of regret
The fading horizons, ambitions unmet
The measure of success, the comparisons of love
The connections so clear in the lines above

• Odysseus
• Rock
• guitar
• progressive
• singer-songwriter
• solo artist
• the sirens
• ulysses
• United Kingdom