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Alana Henderson feat. Joshua Burnside - On Board

from Museum by Alana Henderson

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On Board

I don’t need no shore leave
‘Cause feet fixed I’d still sway
To the sea’s heave
Don’t need to be wrung out or hung out to dry
I know how the lands lie

And if you came on board
I know you’d scan for the safety of a lighthouse blink
Any port in a storm, love
You promise you won’t falter but I know
I’ve seen men sink

So you should get on board
With someone whose course is
Steadier than mine
You should get on board
With someone whose eyes are
On the horizon not on the skies
On board with someone whose anchor is
Heavier than mine
You should get on board

‘Cause I’m a flotsam jetsam mess
A drunken sailor in a dress
I’m fifty fathoms deep no less
When my heart’s at sea

And if you came on board
I know you’d tire of the tossing of my seabed
And forget what I said
That ships were not built to be safe, No, no, no

So you should get on board
With someone whose course is
Steadier than mine
You should get on board
With someone whose eyes are
On the horizon not on the skies
On board with someone whose anchor is
Heavier than mine
You should get on board

Well I’ve weathered worse storms
Than the one, the one you’ve been
Brewing up in your mind
I’ve weathered worse storms
Lord knows, he knows I’ve been Sailing for an awfully long time
In worse storms
Than all your fair-weather friends
And your shipmates combined
Tie up those lines

‘Cause I shot the albatross
I will swim across
The old man and the sea
He has nothing on me
‘Cause this love is steady
Truer than north
Will you take that on board?

No you should get on board
With someone whose course is
Steadier than mine
(I’ve weathered storms)
You should get on board with
Someone whose eyes
Are on the horizon not on the skies
(I stare at stars)
On board with someone whose
Anchor is heavier than mine
(I’ve sailed these seas)
You should get on board
(Waiting for thee)

I’ll be the figurehead
On your ship’s bough
I’ll be the last glimpse of a topsail
As we go down
I’ll be waiting on the seabed
Repeating the words you said
(Don’t forget)
“Ships were not built to be safe”
And in all my life’s mistakes
You were not one
‘Cause all I’ve ever done
All I’ve ever done is love you
To the bottom of the
Deep blue sea

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from Museum, released October 18, 2019

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