متن آهنگ Island Of Souls - 2025 از Sting

متن آهنگ Island Of Souls - 2025 از Sting

The son of a river-towser And Gideon was raised as the ship grew a shadow A great hull would blot out the light of the sun ♪ And six days a week he would watch his poor father A working man live like a slave He'd drink every night and he'd dream of a future Of money he never could save Gideon would cry when he thought of the future Year after year a new bottle was broken That launched the great ship out to sea He'd watch it sail out past the bend in the river The town that he desperately wanted to flee What else was there for a shipbuilder's son? New ships to complete, new work to be done One day he dreamed of a ship in the world That would carry his soul to the sea To a place they would never be found To a place far away from this town ♪ Trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship All the workmen suspended like flies Caught in the flare of acetylene light A glimpse of a future he'd come to despise Gideon would cry when he thought of the future Then what they call an industrial accident Left old John Fletcher half-dead They brought Gideon's father back home in an ambulance Breast, what shut check and an invalid's bed What else was there for a shipbuilder's son? New ships to complete, new work to be done That night he dreamed of a ship in the world That would carry his soul to the sea To a place he could never be found To a place far away from this town This Newcastle ship without course Till we sail to the island of soul ♪