the minute the ship docked i saw your face, in the window
you stood like a girl i've always known, always want to
and i fell back in love with you again, didn't want to
and i forgot the things i thought that i would say, didn't have to
and to your left and right there stood my son, and my daughter
but smiling back behind you stood the sum, for departure
so here i stand a man without a plan, or a virtue
i can either spend my life out here at sea, or be a murderer
I'm not ready to forgive you
I'm not ready to forget you
you stood like a girl i've always known, always want to
and i fell back in love with you again, didn't want to
and i forgot the things i thought that i would say, didn't have to
and to your left and right there stood my son, and my daughter
but smiling back behind you stood the sum, for departure
so here i stand a man without a plan, or a virtue
i can either spend my life out here at sea, or be a murderer
I'm not ready to forgive you
I'm not ready to forget you
Lyrics submitted by measure3three, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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Anyways, what I think this song is about is the reason for the sailors departure out to sea for 3 years, as the concept for this cd was about.
"and to your left and right there stood my son, and my daughter"
It is just before deciding to go back to sea for the 3 years. He comes back from a trip to find what used to be his girlfriend/wife and he falls in love with her again as soon as he sees her. Then he notices his children on either side of her.
"but smiling back behind you stood the sum, for departure"
But then he notices a new guy standing behind what used to be his girlfriend/wife, her new guy. So then it's a new decision, he doesn't know what to choose but the two choices are either "spend my life out here at sea" or "be a murderer" (from killing the new guy and/or his now ex girlfirend/wife).
And from the rest of the cd, you can see he decides on the former.
This is a brilliant song on a brilliant album. I can't wait to hear more music from Andy, be it from Right Away, Great Captain! or from Manchester Orchestra
So my new idea is that, maybe after the 3 years at sea, he comes back to his family and finds the new guy. Then he decides to leave back to sea and just spend the rest of his life on the sea.
i think that's when he sees his brother coming to greet him too.
& at the sight of his wife he's fallen back in love with her but then he sees the brother & feels all the betrayal he felt to begin with & realises he's not over it & isn't ready to forgive her.