Man, O Shipwreck
Attalus
From the album, "Into the Sea"
C#m C#m F#m G#m
C#m B A F#m G#m
Always searching never finding, growing colder every mile
C#m B A G#m C#m
Life a thread that keeps unwinding on this unforgiving isle
A C#m G#m C#m
Man o vessel lost and stranded, how you’ve lost your innocence
A C#m B G#m C#m
Look at yourself, understand it, you’ve been shipwrecked ever since
C#m B A F#m G#m
Shadows fall as waters rising, this a cruel calamity
C#m B A G#m C#m
Silhouettes on the horizon, shadows of humanity
A C#m G#m C#m
Man o ship without a captain, who will clean up the debris?
A C#m B G#m C#m
Look at yourself – see what happened, Justice saw your muti - ny
A C#m G#m C#m
Man o vessel lost and stranded, how you’ve lost your innocence
A C#m B G#m C#m
Look at yourself, understand it, you’ve been shipwrecked ever since
E C#m A B
But shattered sails still have their glory, beautiful though broken art.
E C#m A B
Scattered on the rocks a story, fragments of an Author’s heart.
C#m C#m/C E F#
Man o shipwreck on the high seas look at yourself – see what I see.
A
All the things you could have been.
C#m C#m/C E F#
Man o shipwreck on the high seas look at yourself – see what I see.
A C
All the things, all the things you could be again.
E C#m A A