The Light Behind Me

[Intro]
[Verse]
Wool coat heavy with the salt
Every step is my own fault
Flicker of the white light
Cutting through the black night
I leave the iron keys
To the shadows and the breeze
[Pre-Chorus]
My heart is a paper bird
Waiting for the final word
Scared to fly but scared to stay
While the golden light decays
[Chorus]
Stepping off the edge tonight
Chasing down the fading light
Let the ocean take my name
I will never be the same
Raise the sail and let it go
Everything I used to know
Is a ghost upon the shore
I don't live here anymore
[Verse]
Ticket stub is in my palm
Trying to remain so calm
The deck is wet beneath my feet
Where the sky and water meet
I see the tower getting small
I don't feel so small at all
[Pre-Chorus]
The engine starts to hum and roar
Pushing me away from shore
Giddy terror in my chest
Now I put the past to rest
[Chorus]
Stepping off the edge tonight
Chasing down the fading light
Let the ocean take my name
I will never be the same
Raise the sail and let it go
Everything I used to know
Is a ghost upon the shore
I don't live here anymore
[Bridge]
Goodbye to the girl I was
Just because, just because
She was brave to hold the flame
But she's outgrown the frame
Let the strings begin to rise
Underneath the open skies
[Solo]
[Chorus]
Stepping off the edge tonight
Chasing down the fading light
Let the ocean take my name
I will never be the same
Raise the sail and let it go
Everything I used to know
Is a ghost upon the shore
I don't live here anymore
[Post-Chorus]
I'm sailing out
Without a doubt
I'm sailing out
Turn the light about
[Outro]