Landlubber from Pyres & Pillars by Gabriel Soriano & Friends

Verse 1

I left my wife and children laying in their graves
That sickness come and took ‘em, left me here to stay
And so I sail this wretched sea, my empty soul my company
There’s water, water everywhere and I’ve had too much to drink

Verse 2

Our captain slumbered at the wheel, ran our ship ashore
We pillaged her from stern to bow, stripped her to the core
And as her ashes danced away, a siren song began to play
That old ghost of a melody that haunts me to this day

Verse 3

Now everything’s grown gray and cold
Salt cracked lips and fish-hook toes
Tattered rags and tourniquets adorn my aching bones

Chorus 1

Curse this brittle skin, this bitter flesh I’m in
Curse this flowing blood
Settled dust and sin is all that lies within every shallow breath

Verse 4

I staggered and I stumbled through that crooked land
To make my my name and stake my claim, start over again
But every rotten seed I sowed fell apart from head to toe
I crumbled and I quivered as I cursed the ground below

Chorus 2

On that endless sea there ain’t no room for me
There’s plenty room for you
So chase that setting sun, the deeds ain’t ever done
The days ain’t ever through

Verse 5

They found me barely sleeping on that rocky shore
They shackled me with all the rest and chained me to an oar
And now I row row row this boat, cursed by what keeps me afloat
I count the days until the water rises to my throat

• Rock
• blues
• folk rock
• jazz
• singer-songwriter
• soft Rock
• Riverside