The Lantern's Reckoning

[Intro]
[Verse]
Salt-crusted stone beneath my feet
Where the sea and iron meet
The North Sea wails a frozen song
For a soul that’s waited far too long
I see your sails through the fog
A phantom ghost in the devil’s log
The privateer with a heart of coal
Come to pay your heavy toll
The beam of light cuts the black
There is no turning back
[Chorus]
Burn, oh lanterns, in the night
Guide the fury, bring the light
Through the waves and the thunder’s roar
You won't reach the golden shore
Judgment rises from the deep
The promises I meant to keep
In the dark, the ocean cries
As the captain finally dies
[Verse]
Do you recall the merchant’s hull?
The screaming wind, the broken gull?
You sent us down to the sandy floor
To the dark forevermore
But the light didn't fade away
I became the ghost of the bay
Watching for your tattered mast
To avenge the bitter past
The cello weeps for the lost
I have counted every cost
[Chorus]
Burn, oh lanterns, in the night
Guide the fury, bring the light
Through the waves and the thunder’s roar
You won't reach the golden shore
Judgment rises from the deep
The promises I meant to keep
In the dark, the ocean cries
As the captain finally dies
[Bridge]
(Choir: Requiem aeternam!)
The organ peals through the mist
By the silver moonlight kissed
No more sorrow, no more pain
Washing clean in the winter rain
I forgive the spray and foam
But you will never find a home
Sink into the crushing cold
As the final tale is told
The violin begins to soar
I am a victim nevermore
[Chorus]
Burn, oh lanterns, in the night
Guide the fury, bring the light
Through the waves and the thunder’s roar
You won't reach the golden shore
Judgment rises from the deep
The promises I meant to keep
In the dark, the ocean cries
As the captain finally dies
[Outro]