The ship's rising up from the sea to the sky, cry, hey, hold on   Just one sorry scream and a desperate cry, cry, hey, hold on   Their lives pass before them before they die, hey, hey, hey      The sea yawns around like a boiling hell, cry, hey, hold on   And souls disappear with the toll of that bell, cry, hey, hold on   The arms of the sea they are dragging them down, hey, hold on   And sorrows and sins they are lost as they drown, hey, hey, hey      How strange when you think that the sea was their way   And a meaningless death is the price they pay   For their living was made from the deep   To their people in comfort and keep, keep all the people and places there   Never to be seen again, never to be loved and their last embrace   And the kiss has a salt bitter taste      Now all that remains is the deep cruel sea, hey, hold on   And wreckage of things that used to be, hey, hold on   No stone marks the place of that watery grave, cry, hey, hold on   Together they die both the weak and the brave, cry, hey, hold on      The arms of the sea they are dragging them down, hey, hold on   And sorrows and sins they are lost as they drown, hey, hold on   The sea yawns around like a boiling hell, hey, hold on   And souls disappear with the toll of that bell, hey, hold on      Now all that remains is the deep cruel sea, hey, hold on   And wreckage of things that used to be, hey, hold on   No stone marks the place of that watery grave, cry, hey, hold on   Together they die both the weak and the brave, cry, hey, hold on      The arms of the sea they are dragging them down, hey, hold on   And sorrows and sins they are lost as they drown, hey, hold on   The sea yawns around like a boiling hell, cry, hey, hold on