I didn't know that I was running
Til I found myself at sea between the waves
And in the wake I left behind
I saw the days we put behind us slip away
It's just a quick trip up and back
To leave essentials with the old men at the dock
A spot of land out in the ocean
Where no one goes and no one ever stops for long

There's a man here on a motorbike
With three miles worth of road to call his own
It's the closest thing to freedom
He can get without straying too far from home

And every day he revs his engine
To wake the fisherman and the last of the late sleepers
He's lonely as a lighthouse keeper

There’s a man been seen around
With a sheen of glass and glaze upon his eyes
He’s got a beard of twenty years
And a voice that makes the mountains creak and sigh
He's got a tattoo of a woman
On his arm and there's a sadness in her eyes
And with the salt and spray upon him
She turns away so you can't see her when she cries

She's the keeper of the rocks and reefs
The face that launched a hundred shipwrecked souls
The spirit of the light that keeps him safe
When the ocean rocks and rolls
And every day he counts his blessings
And says a prayer for all those lost out in the deep there
He's lonely as a lighthouse keeper

Heaven is aglow
With a burning scar upon the northern sky
And it might set the sea on fire
Turn to glass he waves that roll for miles and miles
And you who watch and you who wait
Will be rewarded when the circle comes undone
And we will all turn on our lights
And shine them down like we are bringing back the sun

He's the keeper of the rocks and reefs
The face that saved a hundred shipwrecked souls
The spirit of the light keeps them safe
When the ocean rocks and rolls
And every day he says a prayer
For the fishermen and last of the late sleepers
He’s lonely as a lighthouse keeper