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Widow's Walk Lyrics
Consider me a widow, boys
And I will tell you why
It's not the man, but it's the marriage
That was drowned.
So I walk the walk
And wait with watchful eye out to the sky
Looking for a kind of vessel
I have never found
Though I saw it splinter
I keep looking out to sea
Like a dog with little sense
I keep returning
To the very area where
I did see the thing go down
As if there's something at the site
I should be learning
That line is the horizon
We watch the wind and set the sail
But save ourselves when all omens
Point to fail
And if I tell the truth
Then I will have to tell you this
Though I grieve (and I believe
I feel it truly)
But I knew that ship was empty
By the time it hit the rocks
'Cause we could not hold on
When fate became unruly
So consider me a widow, boys
And I have told you why
Does the weather say
A better day is nearing
And I'll set my house in order now
And wait upon the Will
But it's clear that I need
Better skill in steering
That line is the horizon
We watch the wind and set the sail
But save ourselves when all omens
Point to fail
And I will tell you why
It's not the man, but it's the marriage
That was drowned.
And wait with watchful eye out to the sky
Looking for a kind of vessel
I have never found
I keep looking out to sea
Like a dog with little sense
I keep returning
I did see the thing go down
As if there's something at the site
I should be learning
We watch the wind and set the sail
But save ourselves when all omens
Point to fail
Then I will have to tell you this
Though I grieve (and I believe
I feel it truly)
By the time it hit the rocks
'Cause we could not hold on
When fate became unruly
And I have told you why
Does the weather say
A better day is nearing
And wait upon the Will
But it's clear that I need
Better skill in steering
We watch the wind and set the sail
But save ourselves when all omens
Point to fail
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I've also heard this called "The Windows Talk".
This song is an extended metaphor, comparing the break-up of a relationship to the loss of a ship at sea. Although the narrator knows the love in her life is gone ("I knew that ship was empty by the time it hit the rocks") she can't seem to accept its absence entirely ("Though I saw it splinter I keep looking out to sea"). Like the survivor of a disaster, she is doing her best to learn lessons from the love she has lost, but reflects somewhat bitterly on human nature in both seafaring and relationships.