Lost at Sea
I was inspired to write this song by the “Bitter Tears” episode of the Discovery Channel’s hit television series, “The Deadliest Catch”. The crew of the Northwestern are faced with an ethical dilemna when their greenhorn's sister dies back on shore while they are in the middle of the Bering Sea.
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PLEASE WAIT - LOADING
Lyrics
There's few things that might stop the Captain,
From dropping another string down,
Like the bell in the dead of the night
that turned the Northwestern round,
We had pushed that last pot to the ocean floor,
And I made my way to the bridge,
Seems the cruelest of waves had crashed back on the shore,
Back where my Chelsea Dawn lives...
And I wept in the arms of my brothers,
The wind knocked me down to my knees
While I tried to strong for my Mother,
The truth is I'm lost at sea.
I heard the broken voice of my mother,
She said Chelsea was taken today.
I told her that she need say nothing more, I'm on my way...
Yeah, come hell and high water I'll get there,
Adrift on a wing and a prayer,
And I'll make it home to my Sweet Chelsea Dawn,
I'll swim if I’ve got to I swear,
And I wept in the arms of my brothers,
The wind knocked me down to my knees
While I tried to strong for my Mother,
The truth is I'm lost at sea.
The the good Captain Sig had been listening,
And he was an ethical man,
He left those strings and the profits they'd bring
To the ice jam...
He sent word we were dispatching,
As the Northwestern set through the squall
Just one more night on the ocean, Brother...
We’ll have you back to St. Paul!
Once we drew close to the harbor, I rowed the last league alone.
I chartered a flight from Alaska, and made my way home.
And we laid to rest my big sister, My best friend and my confident,
I knew it’d be me who'd be lost at sea, Just not with my sweet Chelsea Dawn!
And I wept in the arms of my brothers,
The wind knocked me down to my knees
While I tried to strong for my Mother,
Truth is I'm lost at sea
There's few things that might stop the Captain,
From dropping another string down,
Like the bell in the dead of the night
that turned the Northwestern round,
We had pushed that last pot to the ocean floor,
And I made my way to the bridge,
Seems the cruelest of waves had crashed back on the shore,
Back where my Chelsea Dawn lives...
And I wept in the arms of my brothers,
The wind knocked me down to my knees
While I tried to strong for my Mother,
The truth is I'm lost at sea.
I heard the broken voice of my mother,
She said Chelsea was taken today.
I told her that she need say nothing more, I'm on my way...
Yeah, come hell and high water I'll get there,
Adrift on a wing and a prayer,
And I'll make it home to my Sweet Chelsea Dawn,
I'll swim if I’ve got to I swear,
And I wept in the arms of my brothers,
The wind knocked me down to my knees
While I tried to strong for my Mother,
The truth is I'm lost at sea.
The the good Captain Sig had been listening,
And he was an ethical man,
He left those strings and the profits they'd bring
To the ice jam...
He sent word we were dispatching,
As the Northwestern set through the squall
Just one more night on the ocean, Brother...
We’ll have you back to St. Paul!
Once we drew close to the harbor, I rowed the last league alone.
I chartered a flight from Alaska, and made my way home.
And we laid to rest my big sister, My best friend and my confident,
I knew it’d be me who'd be lost at sea, Just not with my sweet Chelsea Dawn!
And I wept in the arms of my brothers,
The wind knocked me down to my knees
While I tried to strong for my Mother,
Truth is I'm lost at sea
