Music

Sailors   Run Time: 5:08

Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) ©2001

we were all sailors the tree house was our mast
of the greatest ship and our lives were cast
upon an ocean oh the histories that we made
but i never saw you slip beneath the waves

and i really liked you
would've carried the weight of the world if you asked me to
i really loved you you're my hero up on the rigging
we were all sailors yeah conquerors every day
and i never saw you slip beneath the waves

there is a secret i'm not so proud of
never told anyone not even God

here comes the grief yeah running its course
stuck in the veins of the great big universe
i was never good at feeling what you felt
i was never good at hearing your cries for help

once knew a man yeah i knew him well
he dropped a secret and two tears in the wishing well
he said three prayers then he left to go
and from the well there grew the reddest rose

you loved the wind yeah you loved the storm
so you'll be a sailor and reach the other shore
there is a secret i'm not so proud of
never told anyone not even God
even God

Did You Know?

"Sailors" was written two hours before it was recorded (and was recorded in one take)! Intentionally made to sound "a bit oppressive," the song gives the feel of a death march. The reference to "the reddest rose" is an old medieval theme of the love of Christ. Although Bill has not explained the metaphor used in this song, in the past he has used the term sailors to refer to those who have been a part of his music (i.e., band members).

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