Sting - Wild Wild Sea

The Wild Wild Sea

I saw it again this evening,
Black sail in a pale yellow sky
And just as before in a moment,
It was gone where the grey gulls fly

If it should happen again I shall worry
That only a strange ship could fly
And my sanity scans the horizon
In the light of a darkening sky

That night as I walked in my slumber
I walked into the sea strand
And I swam with the moon and her lover
Until I lost sight of the land

I swam till the night became morning
Black sea in the reddening sky
Found myself on the deck on a rolling ship
So far where no grey gulls fly

All around me was silence
As if mocking my frail human hopes
And a question mark hung in the canvas
For the wind that had died in the ropes

I may have slept for an hour
I may have slept for a day
For a woke in a bed of white linen
And the sky was the colour of clay

At first just a rustle of canvas
And the gentlest breath on my face
But a galloping line of white horses
Said that soon we were in for a race

The gentle sigh turned to a howling
And the grey sky she angered to black
And my anxious eyes searched the horizon
With the gathering sea at my back

Did I see the shade of a sailor
On the bridge through the wheelhouse pane
Held fast to the wheel of the rocking ship
As I squinted my eyes in the rain

For the ship had turned into the wind
Against the storm to brace
And underneath the sailor's hat
I saw my father's face

If a prayer today is spoken
Please offer it for me
When the bridge to heaven is broken
And you're lost on the wild wild sea
Lost on the wild wild sea...

Lyrics: www.azlyrics.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Sting
• The
• Wild
• Sea
• Soul
• Cages

[SIRUS80]

Genius forgotten song from a genius underrated album......

[Malzarin]

There are reasons songs live past thier time. How they impact our lives means far more than the simple meter and melody. This song means more to me than I care to share on youtube. I doubt that I am the only one.

[hocuspocusfocusable]

and Manu Katche may be my favorite drummer...next to Moon and Carter Beauford.

[hocuspocusfocusable]

I love this CD...the only thing that bothers me about it is the continuity...

I burnt one and changed the order.

All I can say is...listen to Tracks 1, 7, 9 in that order...the most amazing lullabye.

[vnuwaifo]

Words cannot do justice to the magnificence of this song, so ill keep it simple:

Pure Genius

[drums127]

@Malzarin You arent the only one , this album has defiantly changed my life. And this song has always meant so much to me.

[jomcbar1]

I love Manu Katche's drumming on this album; especially this song, how it gradually builds and cullmanates. Brillant.

[jomcbar1]

@Malzarin well said my friend.

[YanksR5]

@orestisyr I agree with you this was my favorite Sting album.

[orestisyr]

the best album of sting for me :)

[vandstra]

This is one of the 3 songs I want played at my funeral. The songs are, in order:

1.) Forever Young by Alphaville

2.) The Seventh Stranger by Duran Duran

3.) This song.

[brankoglavina]

This is a best song writter in a universe