The Dark Water Nymph

Verse 1

The coast guard keeps a record dating back a hundred years

Eleven wrecks along one reef, no storm report appears

Every captain's final log records the same details

A voice like something he once loved, calling over the sails

Pre-Chorus

The insurance men stopped asking why that reef claims one a year

Marked it unexplained and moved the shipping lane to clear

The old salts touch the railing twice before they pass it by

Nobody speaks of her out loud, but everyone knows why

Chorus

I am the Dark Water Nymph, I sing until you steer

(ahh, ahh, ahh)

Every sailor swears he hears the voice of someone dear

(ahh, ahh, ahh)

Follow the sound past the buoy line, past the harbor bell

The rocks don't need a warning beacon, my voice works just as well

Verse 2

They salvaged rings and pocket watches from the debris near the reef

Found a captain's coat still buttoned, cufflinks tucked inside the sleeve

Nobody ever found a body, only what he wore

The reef gives back the metal, never anything else, never more

Pre-Chorus

The new recruits all hear the story before they leave the dock

Keep the engine loud enough to swallow the sound out past that rock

Every captain who's survived it tells the rookies, plain and clear

Cut the engine once to listen, and you won't be leaving here

Chorus

I am the Dark Water Nymph, I sing until you steer

(ahh, ahh, ahh)

Every sailor swears he hears the voice of someone dear

(ahh, ahh, ahh)

Follow the sound past the buoy line, past the harbor bell

The rocks don't need a warning beacon, my voice works just as well

Bridge

Divers mapped the wreckage twice, and filed it as routine

Called it a current pattern, nothing they had ever seen

No report has ever captured what the sinking captains heard

The count stays fixed at one a year, however things occurred

Solo

Chorus

I am the Dark Water Nymph, I sing until you steer

(ahh, ahh, ahh)

Every sailor swears he hears the voice of someone dear

(ahh, ahh, ahh)

Follow the sound past the buoy line, past the harbor bell

The rocks don't need a warning beacon, my voice works just as well

Outro

I am the Dark Water Nymph, I sing until you steer

(ahh, ahh, ahh)

Spoken

"Created by DarkPrincess -- Royalty of the night"