Let's start off the tale with reluctant confession

I didn't know love till it taught me a lesson

I hid from the dark that was too dark to mention

I'll just say that the demons were dancing

I got scars on my mind that I'm careful to cover

It's proof of a life and the proof of a lover

The calluses tell me there won't be another

I just pray the pain ain't everlasting

Take away the pain

I'm the ghost of black water

I'll atone for my sins, every soul I guide home

It's the best I can offer

Now I еnvy the courage that she had to lеave me behind

She holds the light, she holds the light

Like salt on a wound, I'm just bound to my tower

Watching the waves over years, over hours

The white horses, they knock at the door of this coward

While I'm too scared to go down and answer

I watch from the pier as the storm passes over

Tears come and go, she don't get any closer

The weight of the words, I was too scared to tell her

Now it's more than regret, it's a monster

Oh, it's more than regret

I'm the ghost of black water

I'll atone for my sins, every soul I guide home

It's the best I can offer

Now I envy the courage that she had to leave me

I'm so tired of this dreaming

I can't help but to curse every soul with a home

Now I'm left with my demons

And I'll envy the shadows

that cling to her all through the night

She holds the light, she holds the light

She holds the light, she holds the light

She holds the light, she holds the light

She holds the light, she holds the light

I'm the ghost of black water

I'll atone for my sins, every soul I guide home

It's the best I can offer

Now I envy the courage that she had to leave me

I'm so tired of this dreaming

I can't help but to curse every soul with a home

Now I'm left with my demons

All I'll envy the shadows and the memories that linger

And cling to her all through the night

She holds the light, she holds the light