Lyrics

There's a light up ahead
There's a light up ahead
Will it bring me home or far away to roam
There's a light up ahead

I spent most of my better days
Chasing all your love away
With reckless hearts and renegades
I staggered deeper in the dark

I grew tired of that anchor chain
Working fish boats off the coast of Maine
"Oh this ocean will drive a man insane"
Captain Ahab once said, lying awake in his bed

But there's a light up ahead
There's a light up ahead
Will it bring me home or far away to roam
There's a light up ahead

If I could see past that thin line then I would know
If it is better to be scattered by the light above or swallowed by the darkness below
And then I heard the voice of Gabriel in an instrument of war
And he was howling out a country blues I never heard before
Could he reach us anymore?
Was he calling us to shore, howling out loud

And that's when I knew we were out of luck
A force eight gale with that anchor stuck
Spinning that wheel, I fell when it struck
I heard a rumbling below
I had to let it all go