You know how at 3 AM you get random bursts of creativity? It’s now 5 AM and I’ve written a song. This was not planned.
Inspired by Ignite to the Call by @cannibalisticapple. Probably contains minor spoilers for it? It’s one big extended metaphor, but I wasn’t trying for… subtle…
Lyrics under the cut.
Horizon in the distance, not a ship in sight
But I keep on shining through the empty night
Gotta keep my fire burning, gotta keep the hope alive
‘Cause I know there’s someone out there trying to survive
And the beacon shines far over the sea
Just waiting for the day it’ll guide you back to me
And I don’t know if you can see me, I don’t know if you’re still there
But I know if I stop burning your only guide will lead nowhere
I saw you off from our home port ‘round six months ago
Thought it'd be a week’s round trip till we felt those stormwinds blow
When August hit the three month mark the searchers all came in
Said even if you washed up now you’d never sail again
But my beacon still shines over the sea
And I know that there’ll come a day it’ll guide you back to me
I don’t know if you can see me, I don’t know if you’re still there
But I know if I stop burning your only guide will lead nowhere
I’ve used up all our savings, firewood’s getting low
I’ve started feeding furniture to that ember glow
If aid and tower run bare I’ll climb into the pyre
And if it helps to save your life I’ll glory in the fire
And my beacon will shine brighter than ever before
And maybe that’ll be the day it’ll guide you back to shore
I don’t know if you can see me, I don’t know if you’re still there
But I know if I stop burning your only guide will lead nowhere
And my voice spreads farther over land and sea
Still hoping for the day that it’ll guide you back to me
I don’t know if you can hear me, I don’t know if you’re still there
But I know if I stop singing, your only guide will lead nowhere