“The Storm Inside Me”

Verse 1

Oh the sky was black and the wind did moan,

And the sea rose up like a beast unknown,

But the worst of wrath weren’t sky nor tide—

It was the storm I carry deep inside.

Chorus

Heave ho, lads, don’t you pray or plead,

There’s thunder in my blood an salt in my creed,

No chain can hold and no god can guide—

When you sail with the storm I bear inside.

Verse 2

I was born on a night when the lightning cried,

With a scream in my throat and a fire to ride,

They cast me out with a curse and name,

But I carved my truth in the jaws of flame.

Chorus

Heave ho, lads, don’t you pray or plead,

There’s thunder in my blood an salt in my creed,

No chain can hold and no god can guide—

When you sail with the storm I bear inside.

Verse 3

Now the mast may snap and the hull may groan,

But the heart of the tempest beats in my bones,

And I laugh like hell when the breakers rise—

For I was forged ‘neath ruinous skies.

Bridge

So tie your soul to the wheel with rope,

Abandon love, abandon hope,

For mercy’s drowned and fate has lied—

To the storm that hungers deep inside.

Final Chorus

Heave ho, lads, don’t you pray or plead,

There’s thunder in my blood an salt in my creed,

No chain can hold and no god can guide—

When you sail with the storm I bear inside.