I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.
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I keep my lamp lit, to warn the sailors on their way.
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I'll tell a story, paint you a picture from my past.
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I was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts.
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I had a keeper, he helped me warn the ships at sea.
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We had grown closer, 'till his joy meant everything to me.
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And he was to marry, a girl who shone with beauty and light.
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And they loved each other, and with me watched the sunsets into night.
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And the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea.
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And the winds that blow remind me, of what has been, and what can never be.
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She'd had to leave us, my keeper he prayed for a safe return.
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But when the night came, the weather to a raging storm had turned.
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He watched her ship fight, but in vain against the wild and terrible wave.
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In me so helpless, as dashed against the rock she met her end.
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Then on the next day, my keeper found her washed up on the SHORE.
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He kissed her cold face, that they'd be together soon he'd swore.
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I saw him crying, watched as he buried her in the sand.
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And then he climbed my tower, and off of the edge of me he ran.
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I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.
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And though I am empty, I still warn the sailors on their way.
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The Lighthouse's Tale
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| Nickel Creek |
