From the face of darken'd waters
From the depths of blacken'd sea
As a spirit which once moving
In a song as sung to me

This dream I've dreamt so often
Through lonely night I'm swept along
Of storms and wind and water
Of spinning compass gone a'wrong

The eerie groan of rotten timbers
As again she's swallowed by the bow
And yet once more she finds the surface
Only God could tell us how!

And then I know in one great moment
We are lost my ship and me
Together ride to distant bottom
Of a cold and lonely sea