The Last Ship Lyrics

Song	The Last Ship
Artist	Sting
Album	The Last Ship (Deluxe)
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[00:07.51]	It’s all there in the gospels, the Magdalene girl
[00:12.66]	Comes to pay her respects, but her mind is awhirl.
[00:17.51]	When she finds the tomb empty, the stone had been rolled,
[00:22.37]	Not a sign of a corpse in the dark and the cold.
[00:26.90]	When she reaches the door, sees an unholy sight,
[00:30.99]	There’s this solitary figure in a halo of light.
[00:34.90]	He just carries on floating past Calvary Hill,
[00:39.56]	In an almighty hurry, aye but she might catch him still.
[00:44.22]	“Tell me where are ye going Lord, and why in such haste?”
[00:49.41]	“Now don’t hinder me woman, I’ve no time to waste!
[00:53.91]	For they’re launching a boat on the morrow at noon,
[00:57.93]	And I have to be there before daybreak.
[01:01.45]	Oh I canna be missing, the lads’ll expect me,
[01:06.83]	Why else would the good Lord himself resurrect me?
[01:14.42]	For nothing will stop me, I have to prevail,
[01:18.07]	Through the teeth of this tempest, in the mouth of a gale,
[01:22.97]	May the angels protect me if all else should fail,
[01:27.98]	When the last ship sails.”
[01:31.43]	Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers,
[01:37.38]	The noise at the end of the world in your ears,
[01:41.92]	As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea,
[01:46.30]	And the last ship sails.
[01:50.34]	It’s a strange kind of beauty,
[02:04.81]	It’s cold and austere,
[02:06.55]	And whatever it was that ye’ve done to be here,
[02:10.88]	It’s the sum of yr hopes yr despairs and yr fears,
[02:14.67]	When the last ship sails.
[02:18.49]	Well the first to arrive saw these signs in the east,
[02:23.73]	Like that strange moving finger at Balthazar’s Feast,
[02:28.22]	Where they asked the advice of some wandering priest,
[02:33.08]	And the sad ghosts of men whom they’d thought long deceased,
[02:37.33]	And whatever got said, they’d be counted at least,
[02:41.55]	When the last ship sails.
[02:45.16]	Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers,
[02:51.45]	The noise at the end of the world in your ears,
[02:55.85]	As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea,
[03:00.30]	And the last ship sails.
[03:03.84]	And whatever you’d promised, whatever you’ve done,
[03:09.46]	And whatever the station in life you’ve become.
[03:13.79]	In the name of the Father, in the name of the Son,
[03:18.06]	And whatever the weave of this life that you’ve spun,
[03:22.33]	On the Earth or in Heaven or under the Sun,
[03:26.73]	When the last ship sails.
[03:43.97]

[00:07.51]	It' s all there in the gospels, the Magdalene girl
[00:12.66]	Comes to pay her respects, but her mind is awhirl.
[00:17.51]	When she finds the tomb empty, the stone had been rolled,
[00:22.37]	Not a sign of a corpse in the dark and the cold.
[00:26.90]	When she reaches the door, sees an unholy sight,
[00:30.99]	There' s this solitary figure in a halo of light.
[00:34.90]	He just carries on floating past Calvary Hill,
[00:39.56]	In an almighty hurry, aye but she might catch him still.
[00:44.22]	" Tell me where are ye going Lord, and why in such haste?"
[00:49.41]	" Now don' t hinder me woman, I' ve no time to waste!
[00:53.91]	For they' re launching a boat on the morrow at noon,
[00:57.93]	And I have to be there before daybreak.
[01:01.45]	Oh I canna be missing, the lads' ll expect me,
[01:06.83]	Why else would the good Lord himself resurrect me?
[01:14.42]	For nothing will stop me, I have to prevail,
[01:18.07]	Through the teeth of this tempest, in the mouth of a gale,
[01:22.97]	May the angels protect me if all else should fail,
[01:27.98]	When the last ship sails."
[01:31.43]	Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers,
[01:37.38]	The noise at the end of the world in your ears,
[01:41.92]	As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea,
[01:46.30]	And the last ship sails.
[01:50.34]	It' s a strange kind of beauty,
[02:04.81]	It' s cold and austere,
[02:06.55]	And whatever it was that ye' ve done to be here,
[02:10.88]	It' s the sum of yr hopes yr despairs and yr fears,
[02:14.67]	When the last ship sails.
[02:18.49]	Well the first to arrive saw these signs in the east,
[02:23.73]	Like that strange moving finger at Balthazar' s Feast,
[02:28.22]	Where they asked the advice of some wandering priest,
[02:33.08]	And the sad ghosts of men whom they' d thought long deceased,
[02:37.33]	And whatever got said, they' d be counted at least,
[02:41.55]	When the last ship sails.
[02:45.16]	Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers,
[02:51.45]	The noise at the end of the world in your ears,
[02:55.85]	As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea,
[03:00.30]	And the last ship sails.
[03:03.84]	And whatever you' d promised, whatever you' ve done,
[03:09.46]	And whatever the station in life you' ve become.
[03:13.79]	In the name of the Father, in the name of the Son,
[03:18.06]	And whatever the weave of this life that you' ve spun,
[03:22.33]	On the Earth or in Heaven or under the Sun,
[03:26.73]	When the last ship sails.
[03:43.97]

[00:07.51]	It' s all there in the gospels, the Magdalene girl
[00:12.66]	Comes to pay her respects, but her mind is awhirl.
[00:17.51]	When she finds the tomb empty, the stone had been rolled,
[00:22.37]	Not a sign of a corpse in the dark and the cold.
[00:26.90]	When she reaches the door, sees an unholy sight,
[00:30.99]	There' s this solitary figure in a halo of light.
[00:34.90]	He just carries on floating past Calvary Hill,
[00:39.56]	In an almighty hurry, aye but she might catch him still.
[00:44.22]	" Tell me where are ye going Lord, and why in such haste?"
[00:49.41]	" Now don' t hinder me woman, I' ve no time to waste!
[00:53.91]	For they' re launching a boat on the morrow at noon,
[00:57.93]	And I have to be there before daybreak.
[01:01.45]	Oh I canna be missing, the lads' ll expect me,
[01:06.83]	Why else would the good Lord himself resurrect me?
[01:14.42]	For nothing will stop me, I have to prevail,
[01:18.07]	Through the teeth of this tempest, in the mouth of a gale,
[01:22.97]	May the angels protect me if all else should fail,
[01:27.98]	When the last ship sails."
[01:31.43]	Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers,
[01:37.38]	The noise at the end of the world in your ears,
[01:41.92]	As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea,
[01:46.30]	And the last ship sails.
[01:50.34]	It' s a strange kind of beauty,
[02:04.81]	It' s cold and austere,
[02:06.55]	And whatever it was that ye' ve done to be here,
[02:10.88]	It' s the sum of yr hopes yr despairs and yr fears,
[02:14.67]	When the last ship sails.
[02:18.49]	Well the first to arrive saw these signs in the east,
[02:23.73]	Like that strange moving finger at Balthazar' s Feast,
[02:28.22]	Where they asked the advice of some wandering priest,
[02:33.08]	And the sad ghosts of men whom they' d thought long deceased,
[02:37.33]	And whatever got said, they' d be counted at least,
[02:41.55]	When the last ship sails.
[02:45.16]	Oh the roar of the chains and the cracking of timbers,
[02:51.45]	The noise at the end of the world in your ears,
[02:55.85]	As a mountain of steel makes its way to the sea,
[03:00.30]	And the last ship sails.
[03:03.84]	And whatever you' d promised, whatever you' ve done,
[03:09.46]	And whatever the station in life you' ve become.
[03:13.79]	In the name of the Father, in the name of the Son,
[03:18.06]	And whatever the weave of this life that you' ve spun,
[03:22.33]	On the Earth or in Heaven or under the Sun,
[03:26.73]	When the last ship sails.
[03:43.97]

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