Verse 1]
I slipped the ropes at break of day
The harbour lights were turning grey
A gull cried somewhere overhead
The last few words had all been said
The houses faded from my view
The morning opened, wide and new
No road ahead
No road behind
Just open water
Open sky
[Verse 2]
The old boat leaned into the breeze
As though she’d waited years for me
The canvas filled, the shoreline fell
And with it went the old farewell
I watched the church become a stone
Then watched the stone become unknown
Funny how small
A world can be
When all that’s left
Is sky and sea
[Chorus]
Into the blue
Into the wide
Nothing but heaven
On either side
Let the old shore
Do what shores do
I’m leaving the harbour
And sailing into blue
[Verse 3]
By noon there wasn’t land in sight
By dusk the waves were catching light
The sun went down in molten gold
The air grew clean
The evening cold
I thought of things I’d carried far
Old disappointments, every scar
Some things look small
When viewed afar
Some wounds grow quiet
Beneath a star
[Verse 4]
That night the moon lay on the sea
And nothing asked a thing of me
No telephone
No closing door
No reason to explain anymore
I listened to the timbers move
The little sounds that sailors knew
And somewhere there
Between the two
I lost the shore
And found the blue
[Final Chorus]
Into the blue
Into the wide
Nothing but heaven
On either side
I thought I sailed
To somewhere new
Perhaps I only sailed
Back into blue
[Outro]
No road ahead
No road behind
Just wind.
Just water.
Just blue.
Lyrics Michael Forty
Voice Michael Forty