I am a lighthouse
Worn by the weather and the waves
I keep my lamp lit
To warn the sailors on their way

I had a keeper
He helped me warn the ships at sea
We had grown closer
Til his joy meant everything to me
And he was to marry
A girl who shown with beauty and light
And they loved each other
And with me watched the sunset into night

And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been and what can never... be...

She'd had to leave us
My keeper, he prayed for her safe return
But when the night came,
The weather to a raging storm had turned
He watched her ship fight,
But in vain against the wild and terrible wind
In me so helpless
As dashed against the rocks she met her end

And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been and what can never... be...

Then on the next day,
My keeper found her washed up on the shore
He kissed her cold face
That they'd be together soon he swore
I saw him crying
Watched as he buried her in the sand
Then he climbed my tower
And off the edge of me he ran

And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been and what can never... be...

I am a lighthouse
Worn by the weather and the waves
And though I'm empty
I still warn the sailors on their way