Bones in the Ocean SOP 1 sop 2 ALTO F Oh 1 bid farewell to the port andthe land, and I pad-dled a- Plota course to the night,to a place I once knew, to a place where my When at last be - fore my ghostly ship - mates I. stand, T= shed a small way from brave En-gland’s white sands, to-—searchfor my Jong a-go for- got- ten hope died a - long with my crew. So I swal- low my grief’ andface life's. fi-nal tear for my home u- pon land, —Thotheir eyes speak of deaths filled with strug gle and friends, to - search for the place! hear all sai- lors end. as the souls of the dead test, to find pro- mise of peace and the so- lace of rest as the souls of the dead strife, their smiles be- low say T don't owethem my life, as the souls. of the dead fill the space of my mind, TI search with-out ——sleep-ing ‘il fill the space. of, my _—_ ears, the-ir laughter like chil dren, their = fill the space of my _— eyes, and_my boat listed ‘o- ver andpeace T can find, Tear not the wea- ther, T fear not the sea, Tote. be - co -ning cheers. My heart longs to join them, sing songs of the sea Tre tried t cap - size, Tm this. far from drow-ning, this far from the sea Tote mem-ber the fall- en, do they think of me? When their bones in the 0- cean for- mem-ber the fall- en, do they think of me? When their bones in the 0- cean for- mem-ber the liv - ing, do they think of me? © When my bones in the 0- cean_for- 4= 120 7a eS cue wil be Now that I'm star -ing down at the dark - est abyss, tm e-ver willbe e-ver willbe not sure what I want but I don't think its this. As - my com-rades call to stand fast and fo-tge on, I make sail for the dawn tll the dark-ness has gone. As the145 7 IBS” souls of the dead ive for exe in smy_— mind as T live all the years that they left me be hind, Tl stay on the shore, but still gaze atthe sea, I re-mem - ber the fallen, and they think of — me. For our souls in the Ocean to = ge ther will be, pick up to measure 74 - end as a tag, rit only on tag.