A Ship That Shared Your Name

from Dark Stars & Velvet Skies by Burn The Ballroom

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I got the lifeboat down alone
The water chilled me to my bones
I slowly rowed myself to shore
Cause you didn’t want me anymore
I watched the ship burn to the sea
With all hands lost but me
It was a ship that shared your name

I woke up shaking in the sand
The flag was still clutched in my hand
I could see nothing through the smoke
And I cried to God is this some sick joke
Cause I was a king upon the sea
But all you got was me
It was a ship that shared your name

And all of these things I have done
What is this madness that I have become
Hold on please be brave
It’s my soul I must save
And I know I will swim home starting tomorrow

I fought the tides and battled waves
The waters beat me down for days
I found the figurehead and knew
The gods were guiding me to you
I held the splinters of a ghost
And swam on for the coast
It was a ship that shared your name

And all of these things I have done
What is this madness that I have become
Hold on please be brave
It’s my soul I must save
And I know I will swim home starting tomorrow

I sent my love into the deep
With promises I couldn’t keep
But if my heart is true
I will find someway to you
To make my way back home…

And all of these things we have done
Has brought on this madness that we have become
Hold on please be brave
It’s the soul we must save
And now I will swim home starting tomorrow

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from Dark Stars & Velvet Skies, released July 9, 2021

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Burn The Ballroom Washington, D.C.

Burn The Ballroom is a rock project founded in the washington dc metro area, now based between dc and nashville. btb blurs the lines between anthem, rock, punk, alt, and pop music. the band has toured across central asia, north africa, the middle east, the entirety of russia, asia, europe, and all across the usa. ... more

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Jul 13

Tally Ho Theater

Leesburg, VA

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