To Cross The Sea

There's a pier on the coast reaching out from the shore

The boat is ready

Somewhere I've never been, but I've dreamed of before

The boat is ready

And my legs are like lead as I head down the length of the jetty

But the boat is ready

There's a house on the hill with a half-open door

A light is glowing

From the pier I look back, just to see it once more

The light's still glowing

And I wonder do lights shine as bright in the place where we're going?

Only one way of knowing

I grab a jacket, pack a flare

Climb aboard and say a prayer

Why look back when I've already paid the fare

To get to where I've got to be?

To cross the sea

To cross the sea

The tide is in, the time is upon us

And every day on land is a promise to leave what's lost

To dare to cross the sea

There's a wind from the west as I cling to the oars

I journey onward

From the north and the south boats depart from the shore

We journey onward

For a moment I think I'm not scared of the waves any longer

Then the waves grow stronger

I brace myself against the swell

I brace myself against the swell

And up from down is hard to tell

'Cause in the storm the boat becomes a diving bell

But still something's compelling me

To cross the sea

To cross the sea

The sky is dark, the night is upon us

Yet still we heed the call and the promise to leave what's lost

To dare to cross

To dare to cross

To cross

To cross

There's a cry from a gull where the sky fades to blue

The boat stops shaking

For the first time in ages, I feel something new

A calm, a breaking

What if being immortal means more than just living forever

And it's now or never?