Cursed your captain and stow me below
Hold me amongst all your cards
Oh we were sea bound, and aimless at best
Clutching to the wheel and those charts
But that sea was just a gambler at heart

Oh there we were, the sun hit the starboard
And we were as free as we could be
We waited for land, oh we waited for thee
We aimed to stay calm and cool
But that sea was just a gambling fool

Come to me mary come, you know you once were queen
The ocean is holding all the kings
And tossed aside the weary

How i'd love to steer you straight into those waters
While those daunting clouds above began to pour
And when we're found, we'll kiss that ground
And roll around on that lovers floor

Come to me mary come, you know you once were queen
The ocean is holding all the kings
And tossed aside the weary

The ocean holding everything
And tossed aside the weary

Aw that dreadful, gambling sea


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That Sea, the Gambler Lyrics as written by Gregory Alan Isakov

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    Well I would like DamnSam' interpretation to be right, but i just cant shake the feeling I get when I hear this song; a broken heart remembering/looking back at a relationship. Lets not forget that 99 procent of all song are love songs.

    The sea often symbolizes truth. Gregory sings, to me, in the second verse about a couple dancing the wild and unpredictable and pure dance of new love - "Oh we were sea bound, and aimless at best."

    He remembers the crazy new love 'hitting starboard' and the feel of this pure beautiful emotion, and he goes on to say that this new love was waiting to 'find land' and settle down.

    "Oh there we were, and the sun hit the starboard. And we were as free as we could be. We waited for land. Oh we waited for the We aimed to stay calm and cool."

    But here the theme of the song really comes to light as Gregory sings of his realization that you cannot steer love. Love is true, pure; and the water is pure.

    He remembers Mary (as in synonym for mary times) and wishes her back.

    Merrildon February 07, 2012   Link

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