Drew James

Lyrics

Ship in a Bottle
Drew James © 2003
 
Be quiet, the captain is sleeping
The anchor is deep in the mud
The bell in the tower is ringing
It’s morning, but I just can’t wake up
 
The sailors are all at the harbor
Awaiting the order to sail
But they’re landlocked at port and at starboard
By a clear glass waterless jail
 
My ship in the bottle
Never goes out to sea
There's nothing as hollow
As a voyage that never will be
 
I was born in this small upstairs bedroom
86 years ago May
This house is my only heirloom
It protects me from night and from day
 
Everything I’ve ever needed
Is contained by these windows and walls
But lately I can’t help but feeling
Like a boat with no ports of call
 
Like a ship in the bottle
I never go out to sea
There's nothing as hollow
As a voyage that never will be
 
I dreamed last night
That a rising tide
Washed out the downstairs door
And swept me away from this lonely old place
Off towards some long distant shore
 
My ship left it's bottle
And headed out towards the sea
As this ancient house toppled
I was finally free
I was finally free