Name: Tower of the Sand
Duration: P00H06M11S
Description: Another song for my indie-electro-surf-dreampop album. Literal lyrics of a ship lost at sea finding rescue from a distant lighthouse. The real meaning is that we all need a "lighthouse" in our own life to guide us in from the storm from time to time.

G. Edward McBride - Tower of the Sand

from Round 28, Week 2 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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Another song for my indie-electro-surf-dreampop album. Literal lyrics of a ship lost at sea finding rescue from a distant lighthouse. The real meaning is that we all need a "lighthouse" in our own life to guide us in from the storm from time to time.

lyrics

The fog it covers me
A schooner lost at sea
I have no sight of shore
The fear sets in once more
Is it in my mind
Or am I going blind
Waves crash over bow
May I survive somehow

My life flashes in eyes
I'm praying to the skies
If I can't live this day
Please take me where I lay
Images of home
Distant lands I've roamed
Water's getting high
Is this my last goodbye

Throw me a line
A faint light from afar
Please give me some time
Be my guiding star

A lantern in the sky
My tears they start to dry
To live another day
To shore I'll make my way
A family I shall see
A father I shall be
The tower of the sand
Returns me to my land

Throw me a line
A faint light from afar
Please give me some time
Be my guiding star

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from Round 28, Week 2, released July 13, 2020

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