Verse 1
Black water rising under iron sky
Engines growling while the swells climb high
Deck lights cutting through the freezing rain
Every wave hitting hard again
Boots on steel where the deck runs slick
Lines pulled tight and the cables kick
Captain shouting through the storm’s loud call
I’m the mate holding it through it all
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Chorus
Storm on the sea and the trawler rolls
Cold wind cutting through my bones
Nets in the water, we don’t turn back
Just ride the waves through the pitch-black
Steel and salt, that’s the life I know
Through the hardest tides we go
No easy nights when the wind screams free
Just a mate and a trawler on a dark rough sea
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Verse 2
Winch starts screaming as the cables strain
Heavy nets dragging through the rain
Every haul feels like a fight to win
Against the ocean’s endless spin
Deck keeps pitching side to side
Salt spray blasting like the rising tide
Crew moves fast with the danger near
But the job gets done out here
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Chorus
Storm on the sea and the trawler rolls
Cold wind cutting through my bones
Nets in the water, we don’t turn back
Just ride the waves through the pitch-black
Steel and salt, that’s the life I know
Through the hardest tides we go
No easy nights when the wind screams free
Just a mate and a trawler on a dark rough sea
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Bridge
No calm waters where we roam
Just endless miles far from home
But the sea respects the ones who stay
Working through the darkest day
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Final Chorus
Storm on the sea and the trawler groans
Wind like thunder in the storm
But I stand steady on the rolling deck
A mate with the nets and the ocean’s respect.