The Last Ship Lyrics

Lyric discussion by FSG 

Cover art for The Last Ship lyrics by Sting

‘When the last ship sails’ is in fact for most of us ‘when we have had our last breath on earth’. Like Jesus was resurrected and Mary Magdeline was the first witness, this person was spiritually resurrected and we, who recognize this, are the first witnesses. They were resurrected because of some unfinished business on earth and because those who believe have a mobile spiritual presence that transcends life on earth. Their unfinished business was regarding those who they loved on earth and their powerful desire to help them with earthly struggles and to give them with hope. Balthazar’s feast is the biblical story that represents the modern phrase of ‘the writing on the wall’ and its reference indicates that those who first arrive to see the writing on the wall, as did the three Magi from the east, will be counted amongst the spiritual transcending, no matter what else they did during their life on earth. I was Stung by Sting in the late seventies when our feet were both solidly on earth. Then with Sacred Love, our feet, one on earth and one in heaven. Now it’s less and less on earth and mostly in heaven in the name of the Father and of the Son. FSG