Sacred Heart (A Sailor's Drunken Eulogy) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ywmymuse 

Cover art for Sacred Heart (A Sailor's Drunken Eulogy) lyrics by Right Away, Great Captain!

I think the two things he complicates are "holy" and "ghost" how when someone dies you seem to glorify them into more than they were. so the holy ghost is either his wife or his captain. His wife isn't dead but she's been out of his life for so long, her absence makes his love stronger than it would be if they were together. He has always looked up to his captain as nearly godlike

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