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The Ghost On The Shore Lyrics
I'm just a man but I know that I'm damned
All the dead seem to know where I am
A tale that began on the night of my birth
Will be done in a turn of the earth
Lie where I land let my bones turn to sand
I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave here
Every eye on the coast ever more
Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore
Under the waves and the earth of an age
Lie a thousand old northerners graves
Deep in the night when the moon's glowing bright
They come rising up into the light
Die if I must let my bones turn to dust
I'm the Lord of the lake and I don't want to leave here
All who sail off the coast ever more
Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore
I'm goin' away for a long time
I'm goin' away for a long time
Lie where I land let my bones turn to sand
I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave here
Every eye on the coast ever more
Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore
Die if I must let my bones turn to dust
I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave here
All who sail off the coast ever more
Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore
I'm goin' away for a long time
All the dead seem to know where I am
A tale that began on the night of my birth
Will be done in a turn of the earth
I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave here
Every eye on the coast ever more
Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore
Lie a thousand old northerners graves
Deep in the night when the moon's glowing bright
They come rising up into the light
I'm the Lord of the lake and I don't want to leave here
All who sail off the coast ever more
Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore
I'm goin' away for a long time
I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave here
Every eye on the coast ever more
Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore
I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave here
All who sail off the coast ever more
Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore
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He isn't quite ready to leave his life, so when he dies he decides to stick around his lake as a ghost. It seems like he loved his life there, so I assume he is not an angry ghost, just one who is disappointed that his life had to end.