Tempest

Tempest Lyrics

Song Tempest
Artist The Young Scamels
Album Tempest
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[00:05.31] Tempest
[00:23.87] The pale moon rose in its glory
[00:27.81] Out on the Western town
[00:31.56] She told a sad, sad story
[00:35.50] Of the great ship that went down
[00:39.44] T'was the fourteenth day of April
[00:43.38] Over the waves she rode
[00:47.26] Sailing into tomorrow
[00:50.88] To a golden age foretold
[00:53.07]
[00:55.00] The night was black with starlight
[00:58.75] The seas were sharp and clear
[01:02.69] Moving through the shadows
[01:06.57] The promised hour was near
[01:10.75] Lights were holding steady
[01:14.44] Gliding over the foam
[01:18.01] All the lords and ladies
[01:22.20] Heading for their eternal home
[01:26.01] The chandeliers were swaying
[01:29.97] From the balustrades above
[01:33.78] The orchestra was playing
[01:37.60] Songs of faded love
[01:40.79]
[01:41.67] The watchman, he lay dreaming
[01:45.29] As the ballroom dancers twirled
[01:49.20] He dreamed the Titanic was sinking
[01:53.20] Into the underworld
[01:56.62]
[02:13.10] Leo took his sketchbook
[02:16.67] He was often so inclined
[02:18.73]
[02:20.55] He closed his eyes and painted
[02:24.30] The scenery in his mind
[02:28.68] Cupid struck his bosom
[02:32.24] And broke it with a snap
[02:36.12] The closest woman to him
[02:39.87] He fell into her lap
[02:43.93] He heard a loud commotion
[02:47.75] Something sounded wrong
[02:51.69] His inner spirit was saying
[02:55.32] That he couldn't stand here long
[02:59.45] He staggered to the quarterdeck
[03:03.58] No time now to sleep
[03:07.21] Water on the quarterdeck
[03:11.15] Already three foot deep
[03:15.21] Smokestack was leaning sideways
[03:18.59] Heavy feet began to pound
[03:22.80] He walked into the whirlwind
[03:26.74] Sky splitting all around
[03:30.55] The ship was going under
[03:34.37] The universe had opened wide
[03:38.37] The roll was called up yonder
[03:42.13] The angels turned aside
[03:46.37] Lights down in the hallway
[03:50.12] Flickering dim and dull
[03:54.07] Dead bodies already floating
[03:57.70] In the double bottom hull
[04:01.80] The engines then exploded
[04:05.56] Propellers they failed to start
[04:09.43] The boilers overloaded
[04:13.19] The ship's bow split apart
[04:17.56] Passengers were flying
[04:21.07] Backward, forward, far and fast
[04:24.88] They mumbled, fumbled, and tumbled
[04:28.63] Each one more weary than the last
[04:32.88] The veil was torn asunder
[04:36.64] 'Tween the hours of twelve and one
[04:40.32] No change, no sudden wonder
[04:44.08] Could undo what had been done
[04:48.26] The watchman lay there dreaming
[04:52.08] At forty-five degrees
[04:56.08] He dreamed that the Titanic was sinking
[05:00.02] Dropping to her knees
[05:05.02]
[05:19.92] Wellington he was sleeping
[05:23.17] His bed began to slide
[05:27.23] His valiant heart was beating
[05:30.98] He pushed the tables aside
[05:35.48] Glass of shattered crystal
[05:38.92] Lay scattered roundabout
[05:42.80] He strapped on both his pistols
[05:46.62] How long could he hold out?
[05:50.62] His men and his companions
[05:54.50] Were nowhere to be seen
[05:58.31] In silence there he waited for
[06:02.19] Time and space to intervene
[06:06.25] The passageway was narrow
[06:09.82] There was blackness in the air
[06:13.70] He saw every kind of sorrow
[06:17.82] Heard voices everywhere
[06:19.07]
[06:21.79] Alarm bells were ringing
[06:25.42] To hold back the swelling tide
[06:29.73] Friends and lovers clinging
[06:33.11] To each other side by side
[06:37.61] Mothers and their daughters
[06:41.05] Descending down the stairs
[06:45.05] Jumped into the icy waters
[06:48.55] Love and pity sent their prayers
[06:52.87] The rich man, Mister Astor
[06:56.47] Kissed his darling wife
[07:00.53] He had no way of knowing
[07:04.28] It'd be the last trip of his life
[07:08.85] Calvin, Blake and Wilson
[07:12.66] Gambled in the dark
[07:16.23] Not one of them would ever live to
[07:19.79] Tell the tale on the disembark
[07:24.30] Brother rose up 'gainst brother
[07:27.80] In every circumstance
[07:31.55] They fought and slaughtered each other
[07:35.37] In a deadly dance
[07:39.56] They lowered down the lifeboats
[07:43.37] From the sinking wreck
[07:47.06] There were traitors, there were turncoats
[07:50.64] Broken backs and broken necks
[07:55.14] The bishop left his cabin
[07:58.70] To help others in need
[08:02.64] Turned his eyes up to the heavens
[08:06.60] Said, he poor are yours to fee
[08:11.23] Davey the brothel-keeper
[08:14.60] Came out dismissed his girls
[08:18.36] Saw the water getting deeper
[08:20.61]
[08:21.85] Saw the changing of his world.
[08:27.29] Jim Dandy smiled
[08:30.17] He never learned to swim
[08:33.73] Saw the little crippled child
[08:37.42] And he gave his seat to him
[08:41.86] He saw the starlight shining
[08:45.92] Streaming from the East
[08:49.67] Death was on the rampage
[08:53.36] But his heart was now at peace.
[08:57.43] They battened down the hatches
[09:00.93] But the hatches wouldn't hold
[09:05.18] They drowned upon the staircase
[09:09.00] Of brass and polished gold.
[09:13.31] Leo said to Cleo
[09:16.57] I think I'm going mad
[09:20.70] But he'd lost his mind already
[09:24.51] Whatever mind he had
[09:28.63] He tried to block the doorway
[09:32.38] To save all those from harm
[09:36.70] Blood from an open wound
[09:40.26] Pouring down his arm
[09:44.70] Petals fell from flowers
[09:48.30] Til all of them were gone
[09:51.80] In the long and dreadful hours
[09:55.68] The wizard's curse played on
[09:59.75] The host was pouring brandy
[10:03.50] He was going down slow
[10:07.43] He stayed right to the end and he
[10:11.43] Was the last to go
[10:15.31] There were many, many others
[10:18.94] Nameless here forever more
[10:22.75] They never sailed the ocean
[10:26.82] Or left their homes before
[10:30.88] The watchman, he lay dreaming
[10:34.63] The damage had been done
[10:38.45] He dreamed the Titanic was sinking
[10:42.45] And he tried to tell someone
[10:47.15]
[11:04.15] The captain, barely breathing
[11:07.91] Kneeling at the wheel
[11:11.78] Above him and beneath him
[11:15.40] Fifty thousand tons of steel
[11:19.34] He looked over at his compass
[11:23.10] And he gazed into its face
[11:26.97] Needle pointing downward
[11:31.10] He knew he lost the race
[11:34.79] In the dark illumination
[11:38.66] He remembered bygone years
[11:42.35] He read the Book of Revelation
[11:46.30] And he filled his cup with tears
[11:50.67] When the Reaper's task had ended
[11:54.17] Sixteen hundred had gone to rest
[11:58.11] The good, the bad, the rich, the poor
[12:02.30] The loveliest and the best
[12:06.18] They waited at the landing
[12:09.68] And they tried to understand
[12:13.68] But there is no understanding
[12:17.44] For the judgement of God's hand
[12:20.20] The news came over the wires
[12:25.51] And struck with deadly force
[12:29.69] Love had lost its fires
[12:33.13] All things had run their course
[12:37.51] The watchman he lay dreaming
[12:40.96] Of all things that can be
[12:45.01] He dreamed the Titanic was sinking
[12:48.70] Into the deep blue sea
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