Deep Blue Just To Get To You

[Verse 1]
Wind like a knife on my cheekbone
Salt in my eyes and my beard
Chart’s just a joke and it’s soaked through
But your voice cuts sharp through the fear
Crew says I’m mad for this journey
Chasing a face I once knew
Every black wave that climbs over the bow
I swear I see flickers of you
[Chorus]
So heave
Boys
Heave
We’re tearing this ocean in two
Every mile of the deep blue water
I’m sailing the deep blue just to get to you
Oh
Heave
Boys
Heave (hey!)
Storms split the sky in two
Let the sea take all that it’s owed from me
I’m sailing the deep blue just to get to you
[Verse 2]
Lanterns swing wild in the cabin
Maps curled and burned at the seam
Sleep comes in flashes and fragments
You walk through the mist of each dream
Harbors keep calling me homeward
Safe little lights in a row
I turn my back on the easy way in
Your name is the only one I know
[Chorus]
So heave
Boys
Heave
We’re tearing this ocean in two
Every mile of the deep blue water
I’m sailing the deep blue just to get to you
Oh
Heave
Boys
Heave (woah)
Do you feel this promise too?
If the tide drags me down to the cold dark ground
I’m sailing the deep blue just to get to you
[Bridge]
If my hands go numb on the rigging
If my breath turns thin and white
I’ll tie my heart to the mast for you
Let it point me through the night (hey!)
[Chorus]
So heave
Boys
Heave
We’re tearing this ocean in two
Every mile of the deep blue water
I’m sailing the deep blue just to get to you
Oh
Heave
Boys
Heave
Till the shoreline cuts straight through
When I stagger from the foam to your arms
I’ll roar
I sailed the deep blue just to get to you

Rowdy pub-style sea shanty with male vocals leading a rough, loud crew chorus; stomps and table thumps set the pulse, fiddles and accordion trading lines with a brash whistle melody. Verses stay tight and story-driven; chorus explodes with gang vocals and call-and-response shouts. Final repeat adds claps and octave harmonies for a raucous, shout-along ending., deep, shanty