Man, O Shipwreck
Attalus
From the album, "Into the Sea"
G#m G#m C#m D#m
G#m F# E C#m D#m
Always searching never finding, growing colder every mile
G#m F# E D#m G#m
Life a thread that keeps unwinding on this unforgiving isle
E G#m D#m G#m
Man o vessel lost and stranded, how you’ve lost your innocence
E G#m F# D#m G#m
Look at yourself, understand it, you’ve been shipwrecked ever since
G#m F# E C#m D#m
Shadows fall as waters rising, this a cruel calamity
G#m F# E D#m G#m
Silhouettes on the horizon, shadows of humanity
E G#m D#m G#m
Man o ship without a captain, who will clean up the debris?
E G#m F# D#m G#m
Look at yourself – see what happened, Justice saw your muti - ny
E G#m D#m G#m
Man o vessel lost and stranded, how you’ve lost your innocence
E G#m F# D#m G#m
Look at yourself, understand it, you’ve been shipwrecked ever since
B G#m E F#
But shattered sails still have their glory, beautiful though broken art.
B G#m E F#
Scattered on the rocks a story, fragments of an Author’s heart.
G#m G#m/G B C#
Man o shipwreck on the high seas look at yourself – see what I see.
E
All the things you could have been.
G#m G#m/G B C#
Man o shipwreck on the high seas look at yourself – see what I see.
E G
All the things, all the things you could be again.
B G#m E A