I took a different meaning. It is about a woman, but I feel like she is holding him down. He wants to be rid of her, but she refuses to let him go.
The sailing metaphor represents a relationship. The goal is to reach the land of dreams, a place he hasn't been yet, where no sole or soul has set. They don't make it, and he says it's because she is anchoring them down, preventing them from getting there.
In the first line, they are up against churning waters and midnight sky, representing tough conditions for them. They keep trying though. When he says 'one too many times this ship has sailed,' he means that they keep starting over and trying again, but time and time again, the attempts fail. The line 'through heartfelt waters and crystal skies, we won't prevail' says that even though they're making a sincere effort (heartfelt), and even though nothing is interfering or trying to mess them up this time (crystal skies, meaning no storms or bad weather), the two of them just can't be together because it doesn't work out. Even in the best conditions they are not right for each other.
He is trying to leave her behind, but she is the anchor that chains him back. She doesn't want him to be happy, because she tells him that the ship will never sail.
He promises that with all his strength, he will try to sail the ship despite the anchor, by blowing into the sails, or by being washed away alone, hoping the sea will carry him.
Sorry kids, this isn't the love song you wanted it to be.
I took a different meaning. It is about a woman, but I feel like she is holding him down. He wants to be rid of her, but she refuses to let him go.
The sailing metaphor represents a relationship. The goal is to reach the land of dreams, a place he hasn't been yet, where no sole or soul has set. They don't make it, and he says it's because she is anchoring them down, preventing them from getting there.
In the first line, they are up against churning waters and midnight sky, representing tough conditions for them. They keep trying though. When he says 'one too many times this ship has sailed,' he means that they keep starting over and trying again, but time and time again, the attempts fail. The line 'through heartfelt waters and crystal skies, we won't prevail' says that even though they're making a sincere effort (heartfelt), and even though nothing is interfering or trying to mess them up this time (crystal skies, meaning no storms or bad weather), the two of them just can't be together because it doesn't work out. Even in the best conditions they are not right for each other.
He is trying to leave her behind, but she is the anchor that chains him back. She doesn't want him to be happy, because she tells him that the ship will never sail.
He promises that with all his strength, he will try to sail the ship despite the anchor, by blowing into the sails, or by being washed away alone, hoping the sea will carry him.
Sorry kids, this isn't the love song you wanted it to be.