Ghost of the Navigator

Album: Brave New World (2000)
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  • I have sailed to many lands
    Now I make my final journey
    On the bow I stand, west is where I go
    Through the night I plough
    Still my heart, calculate and pray
    As the compass swings, my will is strong
    I will not be led astray

    Mysteries of time, clouds that hide the sun
    But I know, but I know, but I know

    I see the ghosts of navigators but they are lost
    As they sail into the sunset they'll count the cost
    As their skeletons accusing emerge from the sea
    The sirens of the rocks, they beckon me

    Take my heart and set it free
    Carried forward by the waves
    Nowhere left to run, navigator's son
    Chasing rainbows all my days
    Where I go? I do not know
    I only know the place I've been
    Dreams they come and go, ever shall be so
    Nothing's real until you feel

    I steer between the crashing rocks
    The sirens call my name
    Lash my hands onto the helm
    Blood surging with the strain
    I will not fail now
    As sunrise comes the darkness left behind
    For eternity I follow on, there is no other way

    Mysteries of time, clouds that hide the sun
    But I know, I know, oh

    I see the ghosts of navigators but they are lost
    As they sail into the sunset they'll count the cost
    As their skeletons accusing emerge from the sea
    The sirens of the rocks, they beckon me

    Take my heart and set it free
    Carried forward by the waves
    Nowhere left to run, navigator's son
    Chasing rainbows all my days
    Where I go? I do not know
    I only know the place I've been
    Dreams they come and go, ever shall be so
    Nothing's real until you feel

    I see the ghosts of navigators but they are lost
    As they sail into the sunset they'll count the cost
    As their skeletons accusing emerge from the sea
    The sirens of the rocks, they beckon me

    Take my heart and set it free
    Carried forward by the waves
    Nowhere left to run, navigator's son
    Chasing rainbows all my days
    Where I go? I do not know
    I only know the place I've been
    Dreams they come and go, ever shall be so
    Nothing's real until you feel, oh Writer/s: Bruce Dickinson, Janick Gers, Steve Harris
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Jarrod from Adelaide, AustraliaSo true Anthony.
  • Anthony from Parsippany, NjA classic yet again! In the realm of "Rime"...the greatest Maiden song!
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