Page From the B. Lovell Sheet Music Collection
"Tie Me to the Mast"
Written by Port Sulphur Band
Publication August 23, 1896

The water went black
In a sea filled with bone
In the water reflections
Of all that I've done

And we rose from the water
We rose from the depths
Those ghosts I been calling
Misery, fled

So tie me to the mast
Set the sails on fire
16 on board
My funeral pyre

And tie me to the mast
Forgive me my sins
Black water embrace me
I'll die as I lived

Their eyes fade to black
When shots shatter bone
Soul's embers reflections
Doused by the storm

If rage is an ocean
Then sorrow the depths
Each wave a bullet
Tide a regret

So tie me to the mast
Set the sails on fire
16 on board
My funeral pyre

And tie me to the mast
Forgive me my sins
Black water embrace me
I'll die as I lived

And I was the weapon
I was the curse
I drank the poison
And I set the course

We sail through the darkness
Smoke fills the air
Death is a comfort
When you're the nightmare

So tie me to the mast
Set the sails on fire
16 on board
My funeral pyre

And tie me to the mast
Forgive me my sins
Black water embrace me
I'll die as I lived

Baptismal fire
Will free me at last
Corruption complete me
Tie me to the mast