Lifeboat Songtext
von Pattern-Seeking Animals

Fitful dreams of drowning in my sleep
Thrashing in the darkness of the deep
Gasping never knowing if I′d breathe again
Sirens from the surface as the ship began to shake
I was cast into this nightmare wide awake

Everyone on the lifeboat
The ship is going down
The captain left the bridge and now he's nowhere to be found
Pray for every soul again we′ll walk on solid ground
Everyone on the lifeboat
The ship is going down

Listing hard the first mate took the helm
Ever unprepared and overwhelmed
Destined by Three Fates to fail "we're doomed" he cried
Nearer now to heaven I'm a man of mortal sin
I′m afraid that God will never let me in


Everyone on the lifeboat
The ship is going down
The captain left the bridge and now he′s nowhere to be found
Pray for every soul again we'll walk on solid ground
Everyone on the lifeboat
The ship is going down

A promise of adventure so I went to sea
To reinvent my destiny
I disavowed my demons
But they followed me
Yeah, they followed me
Oh, they followed me

On a voyage to the dark side
Some are willing some are shanghaied
Every ripple hides a riptide, unforeseen
Fate′s a cruel machine
Time's the enemy
As I wait
As I wait
As I wait
As I wait


God dull the sword of Damocles
They will hunt me down Lord help me please
I am on my knees and praying
There′s a hole in my heart that is shaped like you
Hold it up to the light you can see right through
I was only trying to hide
I wasn't straying

Living in the past where the rent was cheap
My goals were shallow but my gene pool deep
Guess I missed the news one morning
I was fast asleep
I was fast asleep
Oh, I was fast asleep

What had started as a cold war
Heated quickly with an uproar
Soldiers settling an old score, mercilessly
Hellish harmony
Will they come for me
As I wait
As I wait
As I wait
As I wait

God dull the sword of Damocles
They will hunt me down Lord help me please
I am on my knees and praying
There′s a hole in my heart that is shaped like you
Hold it up to the light you can see right through
I was only trying to hide
I wasn't straying

Maybe there is no tomorrow
God is testing my belief
Endless seas impending sorrow
Death may be my last relief
Now I drift a lowly crewman
I was destined by my birth
To be never more than human
I was bound unto this earth

Save me
Save me

I was young in need of answers
Asked my father for advice
Life he said is taking chances
If you don't boy best think twice
Ebbing waves embracing violence
Heartened by my hopes of land
Rowing like a ghost in silence
Praying soon my oars touch sand

Save me
Save me

Now I drift a lowly crewman
I was destined by my birth
To be never more than human
I was bound unto this earth

Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me

Maybe no one′s left to rescue me
Overhead the storm clouds won′t recede
Trying to believe but I just can't pretend

Twilight at the end the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don′t want to know what happens when you die

Will I be forgotten evermore
Will I walk on heaven's golden shore
Angels offer comfort as a calm descends

Twilight at the end the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don′t want to know what happens when you die
When you die
When you die
When you die

Twilight at the end the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don't want to know what happens when you die
Twilight at the end the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don′t want to know what happens when you die
Twilight at the end the northern lights dance cross the sky
I don't want to know what happens
I don't want to know what happens
I don′t want to know what happens when you die
When you die
When you die
When you die