No illusions
No replays
Heads are watching, currents wave
Bodies huddle
Birthing flame
I'm a watchman
I'm a slave

Now I'm safe
Now I'm grave
Now I'm safe
And I walk away

If my head slips beneath the sand
If my head slips beneath the sand
If my head slips beneath the sand
If my head slips beneath the sand


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Tybee Island Lyrics as written by Samuel Thompson Herring John Gerrit Welmers

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    My Interpretation

    In my view the song is about the Tybee Island Lighthouse.

    i am pretty sure about this when i read the lines:

    "...I'm a watchman I'm a slave (Because the lighthouse is to guard the coast line and prevent shipwrecks for however long, until it is demolished or replaced or is put out of service, but all of it is regardless of it's will)

    Now I'm safe Now I'm grave Now I'm safe..."

    (Thses lines make me think of the light house switching the light on and off and then on again, on a dark and foggy night, when there are a lot of ships out by the coast)

    I.Ryazanovon October 19, 2013   Link

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