Di Emes - The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter Lyrics

By the sea, where the waves crash wild
I grew up like an untamed child
In the lighthouse, my father stands
Guiding ships with weathered hands
Each night I watch the stars and dream
Of distant lands I've never seen
And every night, the waves would roar
Reminding me there's something more
And I wait by the water
The lighthouse keeper's daughter
Dreams float on the breeze
Carried far across the seas
Oh, I wait by the water
For a love out in the night
But the waves just echo lies
And my sailor never arrives
One stormy night, the winds did wail
A ship went down, lost in the gale
From the wreckage, a man appeared
A sailor with no trace of fear
He told me tales of distant lands
We danced on shores of silver sand
But as the dawn broke through the gray
He promised he'd come back someday
And I wait by the water
The lighthouse keeper's daughter
Dreams float on the breeze
Carried far across the seas
Oh, I wait by the water
For a love out in the night
But the waves just echo lies
And my sailor never arrives
The years have passed, the lighthouse now mine
I scan the seas with every tide
Through the fog, I see a ghostly sail
A ship that's lost, too far to hail
On deck he stands, my sailor true
But he's a spirit in the mist, just passing through
And I wait by the water
The lighthouse keeper's daughter
My sailor never arrived
For years ago he died
Oh, I wait by the water
With a heart that's filled with pain
In the light, I'll keep the flame
For the sailor who never came
And I wait by the water
The lighthouse keeper's daughter
Dreams float on the breeze
Carried far across the seas
Oh, I wait by the water
For a love out in the night
But the waves just echo lies
And my sailor never arrives
And I wait by the water
The lighthouse keeper's daughter
My sailor never arrived
For years ago he died
Oh, I wait by the water
With a heart that's filled with pain
In the light, I'll keep the flame
For the sailor who never came