[Verse 1]
Old ribs in the rain
Salt in the seams
Paint peeling slow
Like old ship dreams
Crew gone quiet
Harbor on the right
You held the dark
And you held the night
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the fog breaks open
I see the shore
That old hull trembling
Like before
Hands on the rope
Heart in the throat
One more mile
And you’ll float
[Chorus]
Back home, back home
Old ship, back home
Back home, back home
To the dock and foam
Back home, back home
Hear that harbor call
Old ship, back home
You made it through it all
[Verse 2]
Barnacles sleeping
Along your sides
Years in the timber
Years in the tides
A cracked brass nameplate
A bent steel rail
But you kept moving
Through wind and hail
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the lights are waking
On the bay
Seagulls turning
At the break of day
Pull the line tight
Let the mast stand tall
You crossed the black
And you outlasted all
[Chorus]
Back home, back home
Old ship, back home
Back home, back home
To the dock and foam
Back home, back home
Hear that harbor call
Old ship, back home
You made it through it all
[Bridge]
I’ve seen the winter
In your hull
I’ve seen the ice
And the empty pull
But every scar
Is a map you wrote
Every hard mile
Kept you afloat
[Final Chorus]
Back home, back home
Old ship, back home
Back home, back home
To the dock and foam
Back home, back home
Now the bells ring clear
Old ship, back home
The long sea ends here