[Verse 1]

Couldn't sleep beneath the gently whisp'ring stars
So I went for a walk

The moonlight caught the sheep tracks down to Hell's Mouth Beach
So I followed them down

Fate traced every weary step with cold laugh tracks
From the pebbles themselves

Winking water laid the moonlight down to rest
A path to beyond

[Verse 2]

The wind invoked the ghostly sand shapes to fly by
And into my eyes

I sit as my eyes espy the dancing shore upon the scummy surf
(Blessed is the man who stands on the shore with empty hands)
(On the shore with empty hands)
(On the shore with empty hands)

Like Ulysses untethered as I approach the shore and kept it in my hands
(Blessed is the man who stands on the shore with empty hands)
(On the shore with empty hands)
(On the shore with empty hands)
Obsessive at the great regret I wish I'd left that thing on the beach
(Blessed is the man who stands on the shore with empty hands)
(On the shore with empty hands)
(On the shore with empty hands)

[Verse 3]

Blessed is the man who stands
On the shore with empty hands
On the shore with empty hands
On the shore with empty hands

Blessed is the man who stands
On the shore with empty hands
On the shore with empty hands
On the shore with empty hands

Blessed is the man who stands
On the shore with empty hands
On the shore with empty hands
On the shore with empty hands

Blessed is the man who stands
On the shore with empty hands
On the shore with empty hands
On the shore with empty hands
[Interlude]

*Whistling*

[Verse 4]

[?] dawn broke at Hell's Mouth Cove
Money engulfed my broken soul
Open my mouth to drink the rain
Comb the beach, I'll comb my brain

[Verse 5]

Children, learn from my demise
In your sleep, hear ghostly cries
The coastline finds us seldom pure
Leave them be and bolt the door

[Verse 6]

Blessed is the man who stands
On the shore with empty hands
Blessed is the man who stands
On the shore with empty hands

[Instrumental]
*Whistling*