A voice is on the wind
It calls me further in
I’m heading deeper into Your heart
Your mark is on my chest
My sails filled with your breath
You guide me by the light of the stars

I’m sailing on a ship that’s bound for life
I wrestle with the wind against the tide
I leave it all behind to reach for more
I’m sailing onto Your golden shore

Though skies go blue to grey
And I’m thrown from wave to wave
You still will hear these lungs singing hard
With every storm I face
I find a greater grace
That pulls me deeper into Your heart

I’m sailing on a ship that’s bound for life
I wrestle with the wind against the tide
I leave it all behind to reach for more
I’m sailing on
To where the water’s running sweet and bright
The sun is rising in the eastern sky
I leave it all behind to reach for more
I’m sailing on to Your golden shore



Lyrics submitted by brrryce

Sailing On a Ship song meanings
Add Your Thoughts

1 Comment

sort form View by:
  • 0
    Song Meaning

    A simple song about being on a path in life where you face problems, but you just keep going to reach what God has promised.

    This is what I get from the lyrics: "A voice is on the wind. It calls me further in. I'm heading deeper into Your heart." God's voice can be heard speaking to his heart. He's becoming more what God wants and finds himself surrounded more and more by God's love.

    "Your mark is on my chest. My sails filled with your breath" Chest to signify his heart and God's mark is on it. God's breath fueling his boat throughout his life.

    "You guide me by the light of the stars" This reminds me of the shepherds being guided to baby Jesus; how God finds many ways to guide us.

    "I'm sailing on a ship that's bound for life. I wrestle with the wind against the tide. I leave it all behind to reach for more. I'm sailing onto Your golden shore" He's on a path he chooses so he can live rightly, even though there are things (the wind) that make it hard. He's leaving the meaningless things and the struggles to gain something better: God's promise to him of eternal life, or in more immediate terms, the best person he can be on this earth.

    "Though skies go blue to grey. And I'm thrown from wave to wave. You still will hear these lungs singing hard" When things go from good to bad, in the midst of struggle, he'll still be hopeful and will continue to praise God.

    "With every storm I face I find a greater grace, That pulls me deeper into Your heart" God uses the bad things in life to make people who believe in Him, believe even more as they witness His grace.

    "I'm sailing on To where the water's running sweet and bright. The sun is rising in the eastern sky. I leave it all behind to reach for more. I'm sailing on to Your golden shore" Here, it comes across to me as the things he keeps on his minds to motivate and encourage him to keep "sailing on" into God's love and eternal life.

    From the first moment I heard this song, it touched me. It's about being optimistic and not losing sight of your goal.

    VANESSAAon May 07, 2011   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

More Featured Meanings

Album art
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Album art
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Album art
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Album art
Blue
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
Album art
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.