In "Sea Shanty" by Star's Revenge, the pull toward isolation wins out over every chance to stay. Any reason to remain becomes just another way to disappoint, so the choice is already made: distrust runs both ways, and the land has nothing left to offer. The sea becomes a cold, honest home, where salt in the hair and cracks in the hands are felt down to the bone. Surrender to that life is less escape than acceptance.
Sea Shanty Lyrics by Star’s Revenge
Give me a reason to stick around
It’ll be the reason that I let you down
Give me a reason to leave this town
It’ll be another reason that I let you down
I don’t trust no one and no one trusts me
I’ve had enough of the land
I give my life to the sea
I can’t control it
I never could do
Anything to make me feel good with you
I don’t trust no one and no one trusts me
I’ve had enough of the land
I give my life to the sea
I’m making my way through another cold day
See if there’s salt in my hair
Yeah, hardly feelin’ the wind
Because the cracks in my hands feel it down to my bones